Jerome Dee Musselman
Jerry"
Jerome (Jerry)Dee Musselman passed away on 22 Jan 2011,
from complications of congestive heart failure. Jerry was born
30 June 1939, in Evanston, Wyoming the eldest child of Jerome
Dave and Hazel May (Hutchinson) Musselman. He spent his early
childhood in Evanston, in 1949 the family moved to Ogden, Utah.
Jerry graduated from Ben Lomond High School in Ogden in 1957. He
attended Weber College and received an associate of science
degree in geology. He then attended Utah State University
graduating in June 1964 with a BS in wildlife management.
On 15 June 1964 he married his sweetheart, Jean Redmond, in
Logan, Utah. Jerry worked for the University of Utah at
Dugway Proving Ground in animal disease survey. He enjoyed
trapping rodents and an occasional snake in the west desert
country of Utah, and often joked about being a rat trapper.
Jerry spent 34 years working for the federal government
first as an item manager at Hill Field and then as an Area
Utilization Officer. In 1974, his job brought his family to
Billings. Montana soon became home to Jerry. Jerry loved
being in the outdoors and spent many years hunting, fishing
and camping with his family. After retiring in 1999 he spent
a lot of time as a volunteer for the BLM. He was preceded in
death by his parents Jerome and Hazel Musselman.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, and children; David (TaraLynn)
Musselman of Hawthorne, NV; Walt (Capri) Musselman of
Belfry, MT; Craig (Heather) Musselman of Billings; Michael
(Jennifer) Musselman of New Ulm, MN and Esther Musselman of
Fort Collins, CO; and nine grandchildren. As well as his
brother, John Richard (Kathy) Musselman of Reno, NV.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on January 27 at the LDS Wicks Lane Chapel, 1000 Wicks Lane. The family will receive friends for visitation on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary.
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