Jerome J. Oswald, age 90, of Clinton, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Golden Living Center-Westwood, Clinton.
Memorial Mass will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Clinton with inurnment in Englewood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Twin Lakes Hospice and can be left in care of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton. Condolences and fond memories can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Jerry was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in W.W.II and Korea. He was a welder and also a Civil Service worker. He was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church, Warsaw. He loved birds, fishing (especially crappie), and rocks and minerals and was a member of the Mozarkite Rock Society, Lincoln, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents Frank and Rose (Bechtel) Oswald, his wife Dorothy, sister Frances Dowling, and two brothers, Larry Oswald and John Xaxivior Oswald.

Survivors include his son Mark Oswald, Shawnee, Kansas, daughters Beverly Kohzadi, Clinton, and April Herret, Panama City Beach, Florida; twin brother Gerald Oswald, Boonville, Missouri; grandchildren, Abraham, Azar, Nicolas, Kelsey, Connor, and Chase.

Arrangements are entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton, Missouri.