Jerry Roy AVEY

AVEY, Jerry Roy
Jerry Roy Avey, 63, of Round Rock TX passed away on January 29. He was son of the late Ruth and Ray Avey of San Marcos TX.

After graduating San Marcos High School he attended Southwest Texas State University in 1970. This is where he met his devoted wife Melinda in 1970 and were together until his passing. After two years he transferred to UT Austin where he graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree. His first job was at Medical Monitor in Austin where he worked about a year. Then he got his dream job at Westinghouse that later became Teco-Westinghouse where he worked his way up through several different job titles to the last one as Chief Engineer. He was still employed until recently when he was fighting mylofibrosis, which is a kind of cancer. He made several business trips overseas. One of his greatest and proudest accomplishments was working in Taiwan and mainland China in teaching motor repair. Many people called him, 'Motor God', because he often could solve a motor repair problem when no one else could.

He had polio at age 20 months that affected his left leg but that did not keep him from doing what he enjoyed. He enjoyed listening to rock music and going to concerts. He enjoyed shooting pool and had played in a City wide league during the early 1990's. A first place win led them to play in a district 8 Ball tournament in Las Vegas. He enjoyed fishing and also swimming. Some of his favorite times when young were swimming in the Blanco river at his Aunt and Uncles place in Wimberley. During the last 15 years he enjoyed photography and special effect photo editing.

Surviving to treasure his memory are his wife Melinda, his twin brother Terry and his friend Pam Kittner, his sister Raetta and her husband Bill Aleshire, his sisters in law Marlene Sewell and Pam Peterson, brother in law Brian and his wife Marianne Peterson, several nieces and nephews, and cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents and Aunts and Uncles. A private family service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.

Please visit Jerry's memorial site at www.cookwaldencapitalparks.com where you can share memories and leave condolences for his family.