HIGGINS, Jerry G. 1935 - 2002
HIGGINS, ADAMS, ROHDE
Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/10/2017 at 00:23:30
Jerry G. Higgins, 67, of 1213 Main Ave., Clear Lake, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2002 at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. According to the familyıs wishes he was cremated. Memorial services will be Saturday, March 15, 11 a.m. at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, with the Rev. Dennis Ganz officiating. Inurnment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa with military honors by the Clear Lake V.F.W. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Family suggests memorials to Jerry G. Higgins Memorial Fund.
Jerry was born Nov. 29, 1935 in Granville, Iowa, the son of Laverne and Margaret (Adams) Higgins. He grew up in Smithland, Iowa. He moved to Des Moines his senior year and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1954.
He joined the Air Force and did duty in Japan and stateside and was honorably discharged in 1959.
Jerry married Sylvia Rohde on June 6, 1959 in Des Moines. He worked at Frye Mfg. before moving to Clear Lake in 1967. He worked for the Rock Island Railroad, then for the Chicago Northwestern. Due to the railroads merging and laying off, he then moved to Waseca, Minn. where he was an engineer for the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad for several years. He retired in July 2000 and spent the winters in South Carolina and the summers in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Jerry enjoyed the Casino's and stopped in each one as he traveled. He also enjoyed remodeling his homes and working in the yard, but working for the railroad was what he enjoyed most, next to his family.
Jerry is survived by his wife Sylvia, Clear Lake; two sons, Jeff Higgins and his wife Debbie, Clear Lake, and Brad Higgins and his wife, June, Ottumwa, Iowa; four grandchildren, Curtis Higgins, Clear Lake, Kathy Higgins, Anderson, S.C., Kim Higgins, Crescent, Iowa and Alexander Higgins, Ottumwa; two brothers, Duane Higgins and his wife, Kathy, Corning, Iowa and Bill Higgins, Arvada, Colo. and several close nieces and nephews.
His parents preceded him in death.
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