Jerry Sarff, 62

Longtime Wrangell, Alaska, resident Jerald “Jerry” Leroy Sarff passed peacefully from this mortal life on Dec. 21, 2014, at home surrounded by his loving family.

Jerry was born Nov. 26, 1952, in Spokane, Wash., to Doyle and Delores Dougherty Sarff. When he was 18, his family moved to Wrangell, Alaska, where he finished his senior year of high school, graduating from Wrangell High in 1971.

Right out of high school Jerry started to work at Wrangell Lumber where he worked until the late 1990s. He did a little bit of everything, working his way up to millwright. He also welded and performed jobs for folks around town.

In 1975 he met his loving wife, Amy Jo Tomlinson, and on Nov. 7, 1975, they would marry. In March 1976 they welcomed their first daughter, Deann Marie. On Nov. 26, 1984 (Jerry’s birthday) they welcomed their second daughter, Jaclyn Ann.

In 2004 Jerry and Amy moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where Jerry started to work as a millwright for Idaho Forest Group.

Jerry loved to hunt and fish and later in life Jerry took up the hobby of making knives, with hopes it would turn into a small business.

Jerry is survived by his parents Doyle and Delores Sarff of Wrangell, Alaska; wife Amy of Bonners Ferry; daughters Deann (Kenneth) Torsak of Provo, Utah, and Jaclyn (Spencer) Campbell of Moyie Springs, Idaho; grandchildren Jathan, Brayten, Handen, Judy, Charles, Hunter and Joseph, as well as numerous cousins scattered across the country.