Jerri L. (Gilmore) Shuberg

 

Jerri L. (Gilmore) Shuberg, 57, of Maxwell, Iowa died Thursday March 13, 2008 in the Israel Family Hospice House of Ames, Iowa after a lengthy battle with cancer.

 

Memorial services will be held at 1:30 P.M. Saturday March 22, 2008 at the First Lutheran Church, Sioux Rapids, Iowa.  Pastor Tonna Parsons will officiate.  Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery, Sioux Rapids, Iowa.  There will be no visitation.  Greenwood Funeral Home of Cherokee, Iowa is in charge of arrangements.  Online condolences may be left at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.

 

In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the family which will be given to the Israel Family Hospice House of Ames, Iowa and also the First Lutheran Church of Sioux Rapids, Iowa.

 

Jerri was born on June 6, 1950 in Spencer, Iowa to Von and Darlene (Fanning) Brower.  She attended Sacred Heart Catholic School in Spencer, Iowa through the 8^th grade and then attended Spencer High School her freshman year.  Following this year, her family moved to California where she finished her schooling.  In 1970 she moved back to the Spencer, Iowa area and married Charlie Gilmore on March 6, 1974.   In 1992 she became a Certified Nurses Aide and worked in Long Term Care for many years.  On April 14, 2001 she married Kevin Shuberg in Sioux Falls, South Dakota after a 10 year courtship.  Jerri enjoyed playing bingo, working crossword puzzles, crocheting, and collecting frogs.  She especially liked spending time with her family and her dog Gizmo.

 

She is survived by her husband, Kevin; three daughters, Nancy Binder and her husband, Zac, of Rembrandt, Iowa; Heidi Gilmore and her fiancé, Mason Drefke, of Greenville, Iowa; Lynette Gilmore and her fiancé, Tim Griffin, of Spencer, Iowa; a son, John Gilmore and his wife, Shelly, of Sioux Rapids, Iowa; step-sons, Sam Shuberg and his wife, Lisa, of Ixonia, Wisconsin; Ben Shuberg and his wife, Emily, of Cherokee, Iowa; step-daughter, Heidi Shuberg of Milford, Iowa; 11 grandchildren; parents, Darlene and Ben Griffiths; a brother, Terry Brower and his wife, Sharon, of Spencer, Iowa.

 

She was preceded in death by her father Von Brower.