Walter Trybus Jr.

Walter "Jerry" Trybus, Jr.


A memorial mass for Walter "Jerry" Thomas Trybus, Jr., age 66, of Enid, will be Friday, June 19, 2009 at 1:00 PM at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church with Rev. Larry Kowalski as celebrant. Full military rites by the U.S. Army Honor Guard will follow the memorial mass. Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.

Walter was born on April 10, 1943 in Spangler, PA to Walter Thomas Sr. and Helen (Matava) Trybus, and died June 8, 2009 in Midwest City, OK.

He grew up in Pennsylvania and entered the U.S. Army, serving his country until his retirement in 1982. On June 2, 1962, he married Dorothy Baker at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Carrolltown, PA. After his retirement, he worked for 15 years at Letterkenny Army Depot. He later worked for McDermott Cement for 7 years as a truck driver. They moved to Enid in January 2009.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Renee Murley, and his parents.

Jerry is survived by his wife Dorothy of the home; two daughters, Sharon Manning and husband Russell of Longmont, CO, and Alison King and fiancé Kenny Markes of Drummond, OK; one son Steven Trybus of Okla. City; son-in-law Tad Murley of McKinney, TX: twelve grandchildren; two brothers and their wives, Robert and Bev Trybus of Greenwood, VA, and Gary and Jamie Trybus on Niles, OH; a sister and her husband, Ginger and Bob Sargent of Myrtle Beach, SC; nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to St. Judes's or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation – Lung Cancer division. Condolences may be made online at andersonburris.com.