Jerry Bert Robertson

Jerry was born in Bridgeport, CT to Bert Robertson, Jr and Maxine Natalie Smith, who were born in Peckham, Oklahoma and Lexington, Nebraska, respectively.

Excelling at sports and of a competitive nature, Jerry was co-captain of the varsity football, basketball and baseball teams at Haverford High School in Havertown, PA. He also rose to the ranks of Eagle Scout. He went on to play those three sports as a Physical Education major at Gettysburg College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1963. He was a proud member of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity.

While At Gettysburg, Jerry met Janet Seward from Baltimore. The two married after college in 1964, had 2 children, Julie and Jay, and moved around a lot as Jerry climbed up the corporate ladder as a very successful young salesman hired by Scott Paper Company right out of college; they lived the longest times in the Philadelphia area (11 years) and the Chicago area (7 years). He continued to rise in the ranks at Scott Paper, winning multiple awards for record sales each year in the commercial sales division and being promoted a number of times, ending up as Director of Sales nationally. If asked what he did for a living, Jerry would reply "I sell toilet paper." He was also quite proud of being left-handed and never failed to notice (and talk to) a fellow south paw. An avid golfer and subscriber of the work hard/play hard life philosophy, Jerry and three golfing friends established their own private "Pucker Open," a 4-guy annual boondoggle to a world class golf course for a few days; their trips included famous courses like Pebble Beach and St. Andrews. His daughter thought it was a real golf tournament when she was little. He also found the time to train for and run 2 full marathons (Minneapolis-St. Paul and Marine Corps).

After a divorce, Jerry married Rose Biere in 1991, who passed in February 2019. Jerry retired at the age of 56, and he and Rose settled in Reynolds in Greensboro, GA after a few years in Savannah, GA and Bonita Springs, FL; all three houses backed up to a golf course hole, and Jerry was able to continue playing golf unabatedly. Neighbors saw him constantly working in the yard, too, keeping everything trimmed and pristine. With his boundless energy, Jerry also threw himself into volunteering, and he put in countless hours with Habitat for Humanity building houses, Knights of Columbus, and the Church of Christ our King and Savior (COKAS) as a eucharistic and lay minister and fundraising for the church's community through tootsie roll sales. Of course, no one ever sold more tootsie rolls than Jerry. He followed up relentlessly and he got results.

Jerry was predeceased by his late wife Rose Biere Robertson and survived by his son, Jay Robertson (wife Karen); his daughter, Julie Robertson Acker (husband Jay); and four grandsons, Christopher Acker, Michael Acker, Jack Robertson, and Tim Robertson.

A celebration of his life will be held at Christ our King and Savior in Greensboro, GA on Saturday, May 3rd at 10am. In lieu of flowers, Jerry would have preferred donations to either Georgia's Greene County chapter of Habitat for Humanity, or the Knights of Columbus* chapter in Greensboro (checks can be made payable to K of C ASM 3799 and mailed to: Knights of Columbus, Fr. Vincent Capodanno Assembly 3799, 1121 Askew Station Bend, Greensboro, GA, 30642. *Please note KOC is not a 503/c charity organization and not tax deductible under current IRS rules)