Jerry R. Woolsey

Bicknell, Utah - Jerry Rulon Woolsey, age 65, died May 12, 2013 doing what he enjoyed doing, being in the woods. Jerry has struggled with brain lymphoma for the past two and half years, and is now out of pain and suffering. He was born June 8, 1947 in Salina, Utah, a son of Dewey Heaps and Remola Jones Woolsey. He graduated from Wayne High School, Class of 1965. He married Katherine May Rees, October 29, 1964 in Loa, Utah. Jerry was a logger in the southern Utah Mountains for forty years, retiring in 2002. He loved to log and was very good at it and it definitely showed. He also loved to prospect in the Uintah Mountains. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, especially ice fishing with his sons. Jerry loved his grandkids and enjoyed spending time with them. He was a member of the LDS Church. Jerry is survived by his wife, Kathy, of Bicknell; his children: Scott and Heidi Woolsey, Wade R. and Valerie Woolsey, all of Bicknell; his grandchildren: Whitney Woolsey, Waylon Woolsey and Sierra Woolsey; Myca and Jesse Flannigan; his parents: Dewey Heaps and Remola J. Woolsey of Bicknell; sisters and brother: Kathleen Wilson of Sandy; Alcea and Verl Bagley of Greenwich; Annette Woolsey and Donald Woolsey, both of Bicknell; and Joan Woolsey of Payson. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1:00 P.M. in the Thurber LDS Ward Chapel, where friends may call for viewing Friday morning from 11:00 to 12:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Bicknell Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.