The funeral Mass for Gerald "Jerry" Brandl will be 2:00PM Saturday, November 1, 2014 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Rochester with Rev. Mark McNea officiating.  Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Rochester.  Visitation will be on Friday, October 31, 2014 from 5:00-7:00PM in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home, and one prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

Mr. Brandl, 88 of Rochester, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 of natural causes at Seasons Hospice in Rochester.

Jerry was born on January 8,1926 in New Munich, MN to Hubert and Florence (Reiland) Brandl. On April 28, 1959 Jerry married Delores Sweet in Mantorville, MN.  Mrs. Brandl died on August 29, 2004.  Jerry was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and the Korean War.  He was a heavy equipment operator for the State Highway department and retired from the department of transportation in 1997.  He was a member of St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Jerry was  a past member of the American Legion, Eagles Club, and Moose Lodge.

Survivors include his five daughters, Wendy (Curt) Granrud, Gayle (Kirk) Christofferson, Kathy Johnson, Barb (Bill) Vonwald, all of Rochester, and Kristine (Mark) Wilson of Grand Rapids, MN.  He has seven grandchildren, Andrew (Addy) and Amy Distad, Shane Christofferson, Grant Johnson, William "Charlie" Vonwald, Chelsee (Matt) Jensen and Heather Wilson, all of Rochester.  His sister Lillian Kyle and brother Elroy (Gerri) Brandl survive.  He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and four sisters.

Memorials are preferred to Paws and Claws, or Seasons Hospice.