Jerry Wayne Amussen

Jerry Wayne Amussen was born March 30, 1941 in Ogden Utah to Margaret Child and Wayne Coates. Margaret later married George Arthur Amussen who legally adopted Jerry. Jerry graduated from Cheyanne High School in 1959 and earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University in 1964. His professional career included work as an accountant, CFO at Tapco Inc. in Brazil where he learned Portuguese, VP at Oppenheimer & Co in Houston TX and was an active investor his entire life. He received his IMCA from the Wharton School of Business. He was an avid tennis player, in high school was a top ranked player in WY, UT, ID and MT and earned a tennis scholarship to BYU. He played and won countless tennis tournaments thru the years and took every opportunity to compete until Parkinson’s limited his ability. He is survived by his wife Elza Lucho, his children Kerri Cronk, Kristi Burningham, Scott Amussen (Kelli) and Kelly Moore (Austin) and 13 grandchildren with one on the way. The family would like to thank the ICU staff at Dixie Regional Medical Center for taking such good care of our sweet dad in his final days. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The funeral will be held Saturday Oct 14 at 11AM at 1068 West Chandler Dr, St George UT 84770. A reception for those wishing to express their condolences to the family will begin at 10AM in the same building. Internment will immediately follow the services at Tonaquint Cemetery.