Jerry Linden Roop returned home on August 30, 2025, at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho surrounded by family. His Memorial Service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 18, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 6568 Alderson Lane, Bonners Ferry, with a gathering to follow in the community room of the Naples Fire Station, 20 Stagecoach Road, Naples.
Jerry was born January 16, 1945, in Hanford, California, to Ermer (Tex) and Hazel Roop. He was their third son. They moved to Coeur d’Alene on March 16, 1969, and moved to the Naples area 45 years ago. Jerry was a loving, devoted, hardworking father who would build his home during the day and work at the sawmill at night to provide for his family.
He is preceded in death by his parents, older brothers, Dustin (Dusty) and Robert (Dink), and grandson, Sam Robyn Michael Wagner.
He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Barbara, sister, Patricia (Pat) Lawrence, brother, Frank Roop, as well as his children, Patricia (Trisha) (Stan) Embry, Katrina (Jonathan) Wagner, Tex (Amy) Roop, Amanda Anderson and Linden Roop, six grandsons, four granddaughters and numerous nieces and nephews.
Correction… he moved to COCOLALLA, IDAHO in 1962… he married his eternal companion on March 16, 1969 in cour d alene..
Things got a bit mixed up