Jerry L. Conley of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan 11, 2007.
Prayer services will be at 7 p.m. today in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. George St. Mass willl be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church with Monsignor Harold Waldow officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery East.
Mr. Conley was born in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from Wayland Baptist University. He served in the U.S. Army. He retired from the Amarillo Police Department after 25 years of servicde, where he received three life saving awards. His favorite job as a police officer was recovering stolen autoomobiles. he served as president of Mensa and was a member of Intertel. Jerry was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church where he sang in the choir. He also sang in the civic chorus of Amarillo.
He was preceded in death by his father Charles Conley and a brother, Dana Conley.
Survivors inclue his wife, Pat Corley, his children, Jason McIIhaney and wife Maria of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla, Michelle Gailier and husband Tory of Amarillo, Carole England of Wylie, Gwendolyn Dubravec and husband Martin of Cadillac, Mich, Sarah Moore nd husband Shane of Muskogee, Okla., and Becky Englsand of El Paso, his mother, Carol Conlely of Odessa; seven grandchildren, Jason and Joseph Mclhane, Joshua andd Jessica Gailer, Nicholas and Cecilian Dubravec and Josiah Moor, a niece, Helen Futrell and husbandJan of Odessa and a nephew, Eric Conley and wife Michelle of Austin.
I had a nice long visit with Jerry at his home in Amarillo just before his death. He was under oxygen the whole time because he was in the final stages of emphysema. He said, "40 yrs. of smoking finally caught up with me." He told me of his many exploits as a deputy sherrif in Amarillo and we relived our OHS days. Soon thereafter I learned of his death.
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Billy Mac Brown
Jerry L. Conley of Amarillo died Thursday, Jan 11, 2007.
Prayer services will be at 7 p.m. today in Schooler Funeral Home Brentwood Chapel, 4100 S. George St. Mass willl be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic Church with Monsignor Harold Waldow officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery East.
Mr. Conley was born in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from Wayland Baptist University. He served in the U.S. Army. He retired from the Amarillo Police Department after 25 years of servicde, where he received three life saving awards. His favorite job as a police officer was recovering stolen autoomobiles. he served as president of Mensa and was a member of Intertel. Jerry was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church where he sang in the choir. He also sang in the civic chorus of Amarillo.
He was preceded in death by his father Charles Conley and a brother, Dana Conley.
Survivors inclue his wife, Pat Corley, his children, Jason McIIhaney and wife Maria of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla, Michelle Gailier and husband Tory of Amarillo, Carole England of Wylie, Gwendolyn Dubravec and husband Martin of Cadillac, Mich, Sarah Moore nd husband Shane of Muskogee, Okla., and Becky Englsand of El Paso, his mother, Carol Conlely of Odessa; seven grandchildren, Jason and Joseph Mclhane, Joshua andd Jessica Gailer, Nicholas and Cecilian Dubravec and Josiah Moor, a niece, Helen Futrell and husbandJan of Odessa and a nephew, Eric Conley and wife Michelle of Austin.
Amarillo Globe-New, January 15, 2007.
Jack Norman Davis, Jr.
I had a nice long visit with Jerry at his home in Amarillo just before his death. He was under oxygen the whole time because he was in the final stages of emphysema. He said, "40 yrs. of smoking finally caught up with me." He told me of his many exploits as a deputy sherrif in Amarillo and we relived our OHS days. Soon thereafter I learned of his death.