Jerry A. Toler
1943-2016

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Jerry A. Toler left us unexpectedly on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, in Clearlake.

Jerry was born in Morton, Wash., and came to Fortuna, Calif., in 1946. His family were loggers and logged a lot of Humboldt County.

Jerry graduated high school in Fortuna then served his country by joining the US Navy after graduation. He went to diesel school at Great Lakes after boot camp then nuclear power school in Vallejo.

He served three tours of duty in Vietnam in the “Brown Water Navy” and was honorably discharged in 1975 on a Friday then went to work for MINSY (Mare Island Naval Shipyard) on Monday servicing Navy submarines.

He moved to Lake County in 1980.

Jerry is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Lois; a brother, Robert; children, John (Carol), May, Cathy and Denise; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; niece, Jennifer; and nephew, Kevin.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Emma Toler; a grandson, Manuel; and granddaughter, Brandy.

Jerry loved drag racing and had his own car, on which he loved working on to make it go faster. He had it up to 125 miles per hour. He also loved to fish on the ocean, river, lake, boating and waterskiing when we were younger. He played music for years as a hobby and therapy.

He was a Life Member of the VFW Post 2337, Loyal Order of the Moose, Elks Lodge 2299 BPOE, NRA, NHRA.

Memorial services will be held at the VFW Post 2337 in Clearlake on Saturday, Oct. 29, beginning at 2 p.m. Military honors will be rendered by the US Navy and the Lake County Funeral Honors Team.

Another memorial service will be held at the Elks Lodge No. 652, 455 Herrick Ave., Eureka, CA on Sunday Nov. 6, beginning at 1 p.m. Military honors will be rendered by the Mad River Community Veterans Honor Guard.

Arrangements under the care of Jones & Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel. Please share your loving memories of Jerry by signing his online guest book at www.jonesandlewis.com and www.legacy.com .