Funeral services for Jerry Oakes will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Pastor Billy Moore officiating. Visitation, prior to services from 1-2 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial, Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler. Contributions, Kansas City Hospice House.
Jerry Lee Oakes, age 85 of Kansas City, Missouri formerly of Butler, Missouri died Sunday, October 10, 2010 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City. He was born October 21, 1924 to Emzy Farmer and Ruby Maurine Wilson Oakes in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Mary Oakes of Kansas City, Missouri; one son, Mitchell Oakes and wife Karen of Kansas City, Missouri; one sister, Maurine McLean of Pacifica, California; and two grandsons, Jason Oakes and wife Michelle of Butler, Missouri and Brandon Oakes and wife Katie of Leawood, Kansas. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Eleanor Holman; and a brother-in-law, Nat McLean.
