Gerald I. Broadus
SENECA — Mr. Gerald I. ”Jerry” Broadus, 71, of Seneca, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at Morris Hospital in Morris.
Funeral Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, at Osborne-Nelson Funeral Home with Msgr. Raymond Boyle officiating.
Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at Osborne-Nelson Funeral Home.
Burial will be Monday, Feb. 8, at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood with military services.
Jerry was born Aug. 28, 1938, in Ransom, Ill., to Irvin and Shirley (Bienemann) Broadus. He married Jeannine Galligan on Feb. 17, 1980, at Brother King’s Pentecostal Church in Joliet.
Jerry served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1964. Jerry was also a merchant marine captain, ooperating towboats on the inland commercial river system.
He is survived by his wife, Jeannine; one daughter, Patti (Dan) Walter of Chatsworth, Ill.; three sons, Craig of Pontiac, and Clint and Jerry Broadus of Independence, Mo.; four grandchildren; six step-children; two step-grandchildren; and one sister, Jeanette (Tom) Sheedy of Dyersburg, Tenn.
Jerry is preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Don and Jim.
Pallbearers will be Dan and Travis Walter, Tom Kelly, Tom Sheedy, Craig and Dan Broadus and Tom Fararre.
Memorials may be directed to the Blessing Table in Joliet, Ill.
The online guestbook may be viewed and remembrances shared at www.ottawafuneralhome.com.
Osborne-Nelson Funeral Home, 135 E. Lincoln St., Seneca, Ill., 61360, is in charge of arrangements. For more information, call 815-357-6172 or visit the web site www.ottawafuneralhome.com.
