{"id":4459,"date":"2016-05-12T11:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=4459"},"modified":"2024-09-07T14:04:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:04:33","slug":"obituary-wall-jerry-michael","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=4459","title":{"rendered":"Obituary – Wall, Jerry Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jerry<\/p>\n

Class of 1971<\/h2>\n

1971 Maroon Spotlight\"Jerry
Jerry Wall<\/h2>\n

1971 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<\/h2>\n

Jerry Michael Wall plans to work awhile to earn money for enrollment at Central State. Advanced composition is his favorite subject and reading and working on his car are hobbies. He is the son of Mrs. Dorothy Wall, 803 Cedar street and Leon Wall, 204 South Tenth street. He was born June 6, 1953, in Wichita and attended school there in 1958-59. He has been in band eight years and the stage band one year. He is also in journalism. He was judged outstanding tuba player at Enid Tri-State and was in the senior play cast.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jerry Michael Wall<\/h1>\n

June 6, 1953 \u2013 February 12, 2015<\/h3>\n

Jerry Michael Wall, Sr. was a warm, charismatic man who loved his family and church. He was a longtime resident of Edmond and a former member of City Council, helping develop the master plan of Edmond, including the creation of Lake Arcadia and revitalizing the downtown area. <\/p>\n

He graduated from Perry High School in 1971 where he was a proud member of the Perry Maroons Band. <\/p>\n

He met his wife of 42 years, Jackie, while attending Central State University and working at Humpty Dumpty. With his in-laws, the Harpers, he opened and managed Harper\u2019s Red Bud, later adding convenience stores and two more grocery stores. He worked for McDonald\u2019s Corporation for nearly 20 years and went on to own Wall\u2019s Wine Bin in OKC. He found his calling with OKC Public Schools, working in the child nutrition department as a compliance officer. <\/p>\n

He was an Elder of Santa Fe Presbyterian Church and a passionate singer in their choir. He was a Charter Member of the Edmond Historical Society and a member of the Central Oklahoma Vintage Triumph Register, where he loved driving his \u201973 TR Stag. He enjoyed golfing with his friend Al, reading, traveling with his wife, and spending time with his grandchildren.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dorothea and Leon. <\/p>\n

He is survived by his wife, Jackie; children: Casey & Jimmy Tisdale, Jerry Jr. & Angie Wall, and Sarah & Christopher Butler; grandchildren: Alex, Kaylen, Jerry III, Zachary, Jaden, and Piper; Siblings: Lonny & Kay Wall, Carter Wall, Joyce Wall & Amy Wright, Sally & Rick Whalen, John & Terry Harper, George & Danah Harper, Gary Harper, Jean & Kevin Trapp; and mother-in-law Rose Harper. <\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Santa Fe Presbyterian Church Music Program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25153,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4459\/revisions\/25153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}