Gerald "Jerry" Sather

Gerald "Jerry" Elmer Sather, age 92, of Nelson, died on Saturday, November 15, 2025, at the Galeon in Osakis. Jerry was born on September 23, 1933, to Lloyd Elmer Sather and Ada Myrtle Hansen at the family farm south of Nelson MN. He attended Nelson elementary school, then graduated from Alexandria high school in 1951. High school summers were spent riding his Harley and working at the vegetable cannery near Redwood Falls. After graduation he enlisted in the US Air Force and worked on B36 bombers as a hydraulic specialist in Rapid City SD. He was discharged as a staff sergeant in 1957.

After his time serving in the military, he went to Spartan School of Aeronautics and earned his A&P mechanic’s license. Then he went to work for various airlines, ending up at North Central airlines in Minneapolis. Here he met Barbara Hanson, also originally from Nelson, and started dating. They were married on July 1, 1961, at Fahlun Church in Nelson. They lived in Bloomington MN for 5 years. Kevin and Kathy were added to the family before they moved back to a farm north of Nelson in 1967 where they still lived. Jerry took a job with Bellanca aircraft factory, staying until 1976 when he would start working for Weber’s Aero Repair, Inc, buying the business in 1982. Jerry retired from Weber’s in 1995. He was recognized by the FAA for 50 years of being a pilot and a maintenance technician.

Jerry was involved with both the Nelson cemetery and the Fahlun cemetery as a board member and sexton. He was involved with the Nelson Men’s Club and later the Nelson Community Association. Jerry was a Fahlun church board member for many years.

Jerry loved farming and farmed most of his adult life, raising livestock, gathering eggs, growing crops. He also loved hiding easter baskets for the grandchildren, drawing maps for them to find the basket.

Jerry is survived by his wife Barbara, son Kevin (Sharon) and daughter Kathy (Russ), grandchildren Justin, Jillian, Dekker, Nikole and Madison; great grandchildren Dalton, Jackson, Camille, Thorston, and Logan; brother Donald; sisters-in-law Constance Sather and Deborah (Cliff) Theusch, brothers-in-law John (Yvonne) Hanson, Rick (Sherilyn) Hanson and many nieces and nephews. Gerald is preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law Waymon and Mayme Hanson, sister Elenora and her husband Marvin Eddy, brothers Robert and Eugene, sister-in-law Renalda, brother-in-law David Hanson, son-in-law John Thompson.

The family would like to thank the Galeon nursing home staff and Douglas Co Hospice staff for their excellent care in difficult times.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 4:00 - 7:00 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home. Visitation will continue Friday, November 21, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00 PM at Fahlun Lutheran Church with a Funeral Service at 2:00 PM. Burial will be at Nelson Cemetery.