Jerry Volquardsen

Jerry Volquardsen, age 62, of Kearney, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021, at Mother Hull Home in Kearney. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. today (Thursday) at Faith United Church in Gibbon with Pastor Mike Evans officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to AseraCare Hospice or Kearney Tackles Cancer. Condolences may be shared online at www. osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home.

Jerry Gene Volquardsen was born April 8, 1959, in Kearney to Alvin and Charlene (Marks) Volquardsen. He grew up in Gibbon and received his education from Gibbon High School in 1977. Following graduation, he worked at Eaton Corporations before moving to Texas where he worked construction. He later moved to Wisconsin where he worked as a heavy equipment operator at an asphalt company until his health did not allow him to work anymore. He loved his 1978 Trans Am, classic cars, Diet Coke, and cats.

Jerry was a member of the Sons of the American Legion and International Union of Operating Engineers.

Left to cherish his memory are his brothers, Randy and Diane Volquardsen, of Omaha, and Darryl and Denise Volquardsen, of Gibbon; nieces and nephews, Jason and Sarah Volquardsen, of Kearney, Johnny and Christina Ellis, of Wahoo, Zachary and Bridget Volquardsen, of Kearney, and Matt and Emily Steenson, of Wolbach; and his great-nieces and great-nephews, Luca and London Hogins, Jeron and Jade Steenson, and Oliver and Knox Volquardsen.

Jerry was preceded in death by his parents.