The Life of JERRY LEE GATHERCOLE
Jerry Gathercole, 58, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born June 12, 1954, in Des Moines.
Jerry graduated from Kirkwood Community College with a degree in Culinary Arts. He spent his career working as a chef, a baker at Barbara’s Bake Shoppe for 15 years, and a cafeteria manager. He was an avid Hawkeye and Dallas Cowboys fan. Jerry enjoyed cooking, baking, spending time with family and friends, camping, and listening to the Grateful Dead.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Ann; three sisters, Dianne Shields, Tammy Newell, and Cathy Pinckney; as well as many loving family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, Phyllis Pulley, and grandparents, Dick and Mary Ponx.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, October 8, 2012, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue in Des Moines. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 9th, at the funeral home, with burial following at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Iowa Commission for the Blind in loving memory of Jerry.