Gerald (Jerry) Dean Munsch, 81, died February 7, 2015, at Ness County Hospital, Ness City, Kansas.

He was born January 24, 1934, on a farm southwest of Bazine, Kansas, the son of Henry and Catherine Depperschmidt Munsch. He served in the United States Army for two years and upon returning home worked as a mechanic.

For 30 years, he worked for the power company as Lineman and Line Foreman, retiring in 1995 as the District Manager for West Plains Energy. He was a member of the American Legion Post #152, Ness City, Knights of Columbus San Salvador Council 2624, Bishop Marion F Forst 4th Degree Assembly 1285 Knights of Columbus, Sacred Heart Church Choir for forty years, Sexton for Sacred Heart Cemetery. Former member of the Rotary Club of Ness City, Ness County Country Club and served two terms on the City Council of Ness City.

On October 22, 1960, he married Clara Rose Quint in Ness City, she survives. Other survivors include three sons, Kirk Munsch, and his wife Alice Munsch, California, Maryland, Kris Munsch, Hays, Kansas, Jeff Munsch, and his wife Tammy Munsch, Colorado Springs, Colorado, his daughter, Melissa Dewey, and her husband, Jeff Dewey, of North Platte, Nebraska. Three brothers, Lawrence and Harry Munsch, both of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, and Robert Munsch, and his wife Mary Ann, of Lawrence, Kansas. Grandchildren, Blake Munsch, Payton Dewey, Sarah Munsch, Isaak Munsch, Avery Munsch, Alex Depperschmidt, Payne Dewey, Ethan Depperschmidt, Pake Dewey. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Joe, Edwin, Ralph and LeRoy Munsch, three sisters, Velma Boltz, Arlene Hanan and Wanita Reinert and his grandson, Blake Munsch.

Parish vigil and rosary will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church, Ness City. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. at the church. Cremation will take place after the funeral Mass, private burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call on Monday from 9:00 am until 9:00 pm and on Tuesday from 9:00 am to 3:00 p.m. at Fitzgerald Funeral Home.

Memorials to the Sacred Heart Cemetery Fund and Sacred Heart Catholic Church, in care of the Fitzgerald Funeral Home.