Gerald ''Jerry'' A. Lenker

Gerald Lenker WILTON, Iowa - Gerald A. ''Jerry'' Lenker, 60, of Wilton, died Monday, April 2, 2001, at Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at United Methodist Church in Wilton. The Rev. W. Michael Biklen will officiate. Organist will be Kathy Luethye. Pallbearers will be James Grunder, Jerry Smith, Doug Kean, Robert Thede, Frank Townsend, and Rick Hansen. Honorary pallbearers will be Don Birkhofer, and Don Hansen. Burial will be at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Bentley Funeral Homes in Wilton and one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church. Mr. Lenker was born on Sept. 27, 1940, to Alfred ''Stub'' and Bernice Kleist Lenker in Wilton. He married Vicki L. Brenner. He owned Wilton Feed for 39 years, retiring in 2000. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Wilton and was a retired Wilton volunteer fireman. He enjoyed bowling, fishing, hunting and stock car races. Survivors include his wife, Vicki Lenker of Wilton; two sons, Todd Lenker and his wife, Jennifer, of Wilton; Tim Lenker and his wife, Michelle, of West Des Moines; his mother, Bernice Lenker ...[more]

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Muscatine; a sister, Bonnie Zimmerman and her husband, Gerry, of Muscatine; two grandsons, Jacob Lenker, Benjamin Lenker. He was preceded in death by his father, Alfred ''Stub'' Lenker.