Jerry ( Lyle Jerome ) Brigham 80 , of Malabar , FL departed this life on Saturday , April 27 , 2019 with family by his side after a sudden illness .

He was born to the late Lyle and Louise Brigham on October 18 , 1938 in Kalamazoo , MI .

Jerry is survived by his wife of 59 years Peggy (Thiel) Brigham, two children Bill Brigham (Carol), Bob Brigham (Cheryl), brother's Lee & Joe Br i gham ( Anne) and sister's Janice Steel (Gordon), Judy Griffith (Joel), and grandchildren Adam, Jessica, and Nicholas. He was preceded in death by son Bruce Brigham, and parents and sister in law Judy ( L ee) Brigham.

Jerry was an Electrician all his life; and always willing to lend a helping ha n d to family and friend s . He loved fishing (especially the competitions with his grandsons), hunting and was always working and doing something outside, he wasn't a man to sit idle for long.

Burial to take place at Riverview Memorial Gardens, 3751 U.S. Highway 1 North, Cocoa, Florida on May 1, 2019 at 11:00 am.