Services are pending at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter for Gerald (Jerry) Charles Landals Jr., 82, of Perry, who died May 3, 2026, after a brief battle with cancer. Jerry born July 23, 1943, to Gerald Sr. and Mary Salocker Landals. He attended Perry High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army when he was just 17. While in the military, he was stationed in Germany. After returning home, Jerry lived in California for about a year before ret…
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