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Jerry Lee Sayers
JERRY LEE SAYERS
Mount Vernon
Jerry Lee Sayers, 87, of Mount Vernon, Iowa, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. A funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a visitation one hour prior. Burial will follow the service at Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids.
Jerry was born Dec. 19, 1934, in Des Moines, the son of Ben and Bessie Sayers. He graduated from Des Moines High School. Jerry served honorably in the United States Army from 1957-59. He was united in marriage to Dorothy "JoAnn" (Mullinex) Kniffen on Oct. 28, 1989, in Nashua, Iowa. Jerry worked for the United States Post Office for 31 years and then worked as a bus driver for Indianola Schools until his retirement in 1997. He was an avid fisher and remote-control airplane flyer.
Survivors include his stepchildren, Tim (Pat) Kniffen and Pam (Dean) Rickabaugh; grandchildren, Tracy, Crystal and Heather; great-grandchildren, Deaundre, Matt, Vania and Maddilynn; and great-great-grandson, Braxton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Bessie Sayers; and his wife, JoAnn, in 2012.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
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