Gerald Freeman Halverson, born in Dodgeville, WI on 3-10-39 passed away 8-14-16 in Sauk City, WI. He was the son of the late Freeman H. and D. Florence Halverson. He attended Pine Knob grade school, a one-room country school near Highland, WI, where his parents farmed.

They moved to Mineral Point in 1949 and he graduated high school in 1956. Jerry worked as a factory welder in Mineral Point, Belleville and Madison until he and loving wife Dorothy married on July 5, 1959 at the Mineral Point Methodist Church. He and Dorothy were always together. They traveled to almost all of the 50 states, including HI & AK, and many trips to Europe, visiting 20 countries. Their favorite destination was London, and traveling England and France with their British friends, the Brackleys, to many WWII museums, over a period of 20 years.

Jerry served in an armored recon platoon (SPEC4) in 1961-62 at Fort Lewis Washington with the 32nd Division. He worked for the General Casualty Insurance Company as a Claims Adjuster in central WI for four years after returning from the state of Washington. He went to work for the Continental Insurance Company as a Territory Sales Manager. In 1970 he went to work for an insurance agency in sales. In 1984 he left and bought the Collman agency in Monona.

Over the years, he and Dorothy bought three more agencies, the last being Riesch Insurance in Middleton. They also bought the John Riesch Ins. Building and remained in Middleton, selling the agency and retiring in 2000. He credited Dorothy with playing an equal part in making their agency a success. They traveled everywhere together, including 20+ fishing trips to Canada and Alaska. Jerry also fished in Mexico, Maine and Washington. He hunted bear, elk and deer in CO, Ontario and WI. He made several horseback trips with two sons into the mountains in CO. He loved their fishing trips to Red Lake, Ontario with sons, grandsons and Dorothy. She held the record for the largest walleye on all their trips.

They spent many days at their log cabin at WI Dells hunting turkey. Jerry built the cabin from pine trees he cut on their 64 acres. He especially enjoyed archery hunting with his sons, and the 30+ years of the annual poker games with his sons and the three Podolski brothers of Chicago. Jerry was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church of Prairie du Sac, American Legion Post 360 of Waunakee, and past Lions Club President and Secretary, founder of the Sauk Prairie Wrestling Club, and past president of the UW-Madison Weigh-In Club (wrestling club). He held posts on committees with the Independent Insurance Agencies Association of WI.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Freeman H. and D. Florence (Nelson), uncles Abraham & Amos Nelson and Truman & Elmore Halverson, aunts Bernice Fine, Evelyn Johnson, Lila Williams and Amy Thomas, cousin Twila Rudd, and grandson Austin Halverson.

Jerry is survived wife of 57 years Dorothy (Williams), children Kim (Foluke Otitoju), Teresa Gimler (Scott), Aaron, and Shawn (Cristal), grandchildren Andrew, Grant, Ben, Gavin and Emma, and faithful dog Polly.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Prairie du Sac, WI with Pastor Fred Rilling officiating. A visitation will be held at the church from 4:00 p.m until 7:00 p.m on Monday, August 22, 2016. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the church or to the Sauk Prairie Wrestling Club.