Jerry Lee Ochiltree, 80, of Wilton, died Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Visitation was held Aug. 2 at Bentley Funeral Home in Wilton. A Masonic service was also held. Funeral services were held Aug. 3 at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilton.
Graveside services will be held at the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton with military honors.
Jerry was born on the kitchen table at the family farm in Muscatine County on April 24, 1940 to Garold and Katherine (Globes) Ochiltree.
Jerry graduated from Wilton High School in 1958. He served in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve. Jerry married Nancy L. Windman on April 2, 1961 at the First Presbyterian Church in Wilton.
Jerry retired from REC in 1999 after 34 years of service. He also farmed in Muscatine County and drove bus for Wilton Community Schools.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Wilton, where he was a former Sunday School teacher, Deacon and Elder, and Wilton Masonic Lodge #167 AF & AM. He was a former Wilton Township Trustee and board member of the REC credit union.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and will be remembered for his sense of humor, always enjoying a good story or a joke.
Jerry is survived by his wife Nancy and their children: Robin (Randy) Mason of Indianapolis, Indiana and Rodney (Kirstie) Ochiltree of Wilton; grandchildren: Lindsey, Kendall and Sarah Mason, Mason and Marshall Ochiltree, and Toby and Cody Navarro; and his brothers: Leo (Lois) Ochiltree and Richard (Toni) Ochiltree, all of Wilton.
