Jerry Leroy Pilger

Jerry Leroy Pilger was born October 24, 1937 to Fred Hebrank and Edna Francis Pilger in St. James, Phelps County, Missouri. He married Freda Waneta Leck on October 4, 1963 in Union, Missouri. He died January 20, 2004 in Loveland, Colorado.

He and Freda had one child, Cheryl Lynn Pilger. Jerry also adopted Diana, Donald, and John Henry. He met Freda when he rescued John as a toddler who had wondered out onto a busy street. At the time Jerry drove a beer delivery truck.

Jerry worked in law enforcement. At one time he was a sheriff in Edwards County, Kansas.

My own personal memories: Grandpa loved the outdoors. He loved to hunt and fish. He could be a strict man but you could tell he loved his family more than anything else in the world, and while he held his children and grandchildren to a high level of responsibility, there wasn't anything he wouldn't do for any of us. In his later years he grew the most beautiful roses I've ever seen.

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