Jerry Dean Briles

Jerry Dean Briles, age 77, passed away on October 28, 2025.

Jerry Dean Briles was born on October 23, 1948, the second of three boys to Herschel “Pete” and Wilma (Telfer) Briles. He married Sharon Kay Briles on August 31, 1968. They have 2 sons, Brian Dean (the late Stacey) and Kurt Alan (Alicia), and four grandchildren, Joslin, Brooke, Brody, and Kinsley Briles.

Jerry graduated from Colfax High School in 1966, and then he attended Northeast Missouri State in Kirksville, Missouri, for one year.

Jerry was a hard worker and a good provider for his family. He worked at the Colfax Livestock Sales Company for over 54 years, the Monroe Company for 1 ½ years, mowed many yards for 15 years, Wilson Auction Service in Colo, and worked in various positions and departments at Maytag for 31.3 years before retiring in June of 2000.

Jerry liked playing cribbage and pitch. He also enjoyed attending both household and livestock auctions. He loved watching old game shows and westerns - he has seen every John Wayne movie many times over.

After retirement, he enjoyed reading a good mystery or suspenseful novel, working on word searches for hours at a time, and going on road trips around central Iowa.

Those left to honor Jerry’s memory include his loving wife of 57 years, Sharon, his two sons and daughter-in-law, his four grandchildren, his two brothers Jim (Judy) and Randy (Polly), many friends, his extended salebarn and Maytag families, and his “adopted son and daughter” Eric and Jenny Anderson.

A visitation at the Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax, Iowa, will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 1-4 PM with family present. No funeral will be held per his request, but a private family burial will be held in Waveland Cemetery in Prairie City.

In lieu of flowers, donations on Jerry’s behalf can be made to the PCM Food Pantry.

Preceding Jerry in death were his parents, Pete and Wilma, his daughter-in-law Stacey, and many extended family members and friends.