Jerry Lee Trester, 63, Iola, died Saturday, July 2, 2011, at his home.
He was born March 21, 1948, in Iola, the son of Bert A. and Maxine L. (Scheer) Trester.
On Aug. 30, 1968, he married Janice E. Jones and they made their home in Iola. Jerry worked at Walton Foundry for 17 years. He later worked at Ray’s Metal Depot and was groundskeeper of the 54 Drive-In Theater.
His wife of 42 years survives, as do three daughters, Tammy Harris and her husband, John, LaHarpe, Tina Bresee and her husband, Ted, Iola, and Pamela Waggoner and her husband, Marc, LaHarpe; four brothers, Larry, LaHarpe, Gary, Chanute, Ivan, LaHarpe, and Carl, Chanute; three sisters, Beverly Hoddy, Chanute, Judy Burkholder, Branson, Mo., and Sharon Trester, Iola; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. The Rev. Steve Bubna will officiate. Burial will follow at Gas Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Jerry Trester Memorial Fund and left with the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Jerry Trester
