Jerry Alan Binford, 81, Luverne, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
A funeral service was Saturday, May 23, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Jerry Binford was born April 19, 1934, to Harold and Clara (Nelson) Binford in Vienna Township, Rock County. He was raised on the family farm and attended country school through the eighth grade. He then helped on the family farm. Early in his life Jerry began farming with his brother, Lowell, northeast of Luverne.
On May 21, 1955, Jerry married Marian Buss at the Magnolia Methodist Church in Magnolia. Following their marriage the couple made their home on the farm. To this union three children were born, Janet, John and Tommy. Marian died Oct. 3, 1983. Jerry continued to farm for a short period. He then worked for a short time at the Kenneth Elevator before he became an over-the-road truck driver.
On Aug. 30, 1986, Jerry married Judith (Bruggeman) Toczek at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Luverne. They made their home in Luverne and a short time later moved to the Kenneth area, where Jerry became employed again at the Kenneth Elevator. In 1999 they moved to Luverne and Jerry went to work for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader delivering paper bundles to the paperboys in Luverne. He also was a school bus driver in Luverne. In 2009 Jerry formally retired and in December became a resident at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. He enjoyed cars, cruising the car lots, tractors, trucks, farming, animals, especially his many dogs, listening to “true, old time” country music, dancing, singing, and yodeling. In his later years he enjoyed watching Wheel of Fortune and every old comedy re-run he could find.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Judy Binford, Luverne; six children, Janet Reisch, and John (Terrie) Binford, all of Luverne, Tommy Binford, rural Worthington, Becky (Dion) Miller, Hull, Iowa, Kim (Tim) Shiek, Fargo, North Dakota, and Duane (Sue) Toczek, Littleton, Colorado; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three siblings, Joyce Hartz and Lois Hatting, both of Luverne, and Larry (Marcia) Binford, Moorhead; two sisters-in-law, Marybeth Binford, Luverne, and Alice Petersen, Dell Rapids, South Dakota; and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Marian Binford; his parents; three siblings, Keith, Lowell and Howard Binford; three brothers-in-law, Richard Petersen, Bob Hatting and Dale Hartz.
Memorials may be directed to Grace Lutheran Church, Luverne.
Arrangements were by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com.
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