JAMES R. JEROLDS

Anna, Ill. -- James R. Jerolds, 68, of Anna died Friday, May 17, 1996, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Feb. 19, 1928, to Bernard and Lela Christmas Jerolds in Marion, Ill.

He married Margaretha Rietz on April 10, 1957, in Fulda, Germany. She survives.

Other survivors include his mother; three sons, James Jerolds Jr. of Dongola, Ill., Mike Jerolds of Anna and Bernard Jerolds of Cobden, Ill.; a sister, Jean Davis of Goreville, Ill.; and four grandchildren.

A sister preceded him in death.

Jerolds was a member of the First Christian Church in Anna, the German Club of Southeast Missouri, the Carroll P. Foster Post 3455 VFW in Anna and a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. He retired from the military with more than 20 years of service.

Friends may call at Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna today from 6-8 p.m.

Funeral service will be at the funeral home Monday at 1 p.m.

Burial will be in McGinnis Cemetery in Anna.