Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jakeway, Jerome "Jerry" 2006
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Greenville Daily News, 5 Sep 2006

Jerome “Jerry” Jakeway, 50, of Grattan Township, died unexpectedly Sunday
morning, Sept. 3, 2006.  Jerry was born Jan. 11, 1956, in Grand Rapids, the son
of Joseph and Margaret Farrell Jakeway.

He graduated from Belding High School with the class of 1974 and earned three
degrees from Michigan State University and an engineering degree from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  In earlier years he worked for Raytheon.
 He currently was an engineer for Smith Aerospace in Grand Rapids, where he had
worked for a number of years.  In the past he had worked on the Patriot Missile
Defense System used in the Gulf War and was currently working on several
projects relating to missile defense systems.  He had a brilliant mind.  He was
also a big fan of Belding High School football.  Jerry will be greatly missed by
his family and many friends.

Jerry was preceded in death by his sister, Mary, in 1979; mother, Margaret, in
2000; and daughter, Meggin, in 2001.  Jerry is survived by his children, Patrick
and Sonya Jakeway, Katherine Jakeway, Daniel Jakeway, Leah Jakeway, Michael
Jakeway, Timothy Jakeway, Maryrose Jakeway, Kiera Jakeway, Emma Jakeway, all of
Belding; four grandchildren, Gabrielle Jakeway, Kaylee Jakeway, Damion Powers,
David Clevenger; his children’s mother, Jodi Jakeway of Belding; father, Joseph
and Helen Jakeway of Comstock Park; and brothers and sisters and their spouses,
Lee and Marilyn Jakeway of Hawaii, Kathleen Dunn, Patricia and John Baum, all of
Ada, John and Ellen Jakeway of Grattan, Paul and Julie Jakeway of Greenville,
Therese and Don Shores of Ada.

Mass of Christian burial will be offered 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick
Catholic Church, Parnell, with Father Rock Badgerow presiding.  Private
interment will follow in Smyrna Cemetery.  Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m.
Thursday and 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday with a scripture service at 7:30 p.m.
at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, 203 Pleasant St., Belding.  Memorial
contributions may be given to the Belding Athletic Boosters or the Gift of Life
Program.


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