August 23, 1935 – Thursday, October 1, 2015
Service Information
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church-Buffalo
Saturday, October 10, 2015
11:00 A.M.
Visitation Information
AT THE CHURCH
Saturday, October 10, 2015
One hour prior to services
Jerry Esty, age 80, of Buffalo passed away with family by his side on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at North Memorial Medical Center after a brave battle with cancer.
Jerry was born on August 23, 1935 to Earl and Jenny (Krbechek) Esty in Bemidji, Minnesota.
As a young man, he was a foreman on the construction of a missile silo in Wahoo, Nebraska.
He graduated from St. Cloud University in 1965 and began his teaching career in East Grand Forks. He then taught 29 years in District #281 in Robbinsdale. The last few years of his career were spent teaching at The Hazelden Center for Youth.
Jerry enjoyed fishing, reading, remote control planes and traveling.
He loved his family and friends, he will be greatly missed!
Preceded in death by parents: Jenny & Earl Esty and by a sister Mariette Schwab.
Jerry is survived by Judy, his wife of forty seven years; a daughter: Andrea Esty; a son: Michael Esty (Sara); his mother-in-law: RoseMary Goble; brother-in-law: James Goble (Sharon); sister-in-law: Jane Voltin (Gary) and sister-in-law: Kathy Anderson; many nieces, nephews and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Jerry Esty will be Saturday, October 10th at 11:00 A.M. at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 300 1st Avenue N.W., in Buffalo. Interment St. Francis Cemetery.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, October 10th one hour prior to Mass at the church.
Mike and family; Sorry to hear of your loss. Look to Christ for comfort at this time.
To Mrs. Esty and family; My condolences on the loss of Mr. Esty. I have such fond memories of his class and the patience he had for his students, especially at that grade level. He signed my yearbook “Teachers pet – twice” since I also enjoyed Mrs. Esty for third grade. I am sure he touched many other students and will be greatly missed.
Judy and Mike; I am very sorry for your loss. I did not know you and Jerry well but I did get to meet you when I visited with Andrea a few years ago. We stayed overnight in your beautiful home and I enjoyed your hospitality. Take care of each other and keep busy. Sincerely, Kelly Reid (Andrea’s cousin)
Our best wishes to Jerry’s family. We will miss him in the neighborhood.
We are so sorry to hear of your loss of Jerry. I know he will be missed. When I ran into him out and about he always had a smile and time to chat. God bless!