Graveside services for Jerry Ronald North, 75, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, January 23, 2026, at Oak Lawn Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Jerry was called home by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 12, 2026 after a short illness.
He was born September 14, 1950, in West Plains, Missouri, to Cecil Albert North and Helen Louise (Carroll) North. Jerry was a life-long bachelor and lived most of his life in the Ozarks. He graduated from West Plains High School with the Class of 1968 and continued his education at Arkansas State University, graduating in 1973 with a degree in Business Administration and Art History. Jerry also pursued the ROTC program and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. Jerry had a passion for history, art and architecture and a mind for details and accuracy which followed him through his career as an industrial/cost engineer. He enjoyed travel and researching the genealogy of his family.
Jerry is survived by one sister, Sharon (North) Bode, husband, Richard Bode and nephew, Carl Bode of Rogersville, Missouri. He is also survived by his nephews, Randy Upton, Ronnie Upton, Billy Upton, his nephew Ricky’s widow, Lisa Upton and his brother-in-law, Steve Petrey as well as other nieces and numerous cousins, including one “special cousin” Patricia Burge of Pomona, Missouri.
His parents, one brother, James “Ed” North, one sister, Shirley Joann (North) (Upton) Petrey, one nephew, Ricky Upton, as well as other numerous family members, preceded him in death.
Jerry will lie in state in the Rose Chapel, which Jerry’s father, Cecil, built in the early 1960s, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday and 8:30 a.m., until Noon on Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to Samaritan’s Purse, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.
