Jerry

Meet Jerry Kilburg. Jerry is our behind the scenes staff member who began working for the NFL in the Fall of 2000.

Despite Jerry working a full time position on second shift for Mercury Marine as a machinist/assembler, he managed time to help out at the NFL office.

Jerry is what one would call a "Jack-of-all trades." He has worn many hats at the NFL which include general maintenance responsibilities such as changing light bulbs, moving furniture, taking care of shipments, and carrying shipped boxes to storage areas throughout the building. Leaving the heavy lifting up to Jerry was a welcomed sight.

As district supply orders were received, Jerry filled the orders and in addition also took care of getting them shipped out. Jerry assisted in maintaining the archived issues of Rostrum. With limited storage space, Jerry did a great job of archiving past issues. Also, Jerry would pickup the mail from the Post Office on days he was in the office.

Additionally, Jerry helped with packing supplies for the National Tournament. This required a lot of special packing, marking them properly and lifting/carrying all packaged items from the lower level up to the main floor of the NFL building, stacking them carefully prior to packing the NFL rental truck heading for Nationals. For Nationals, Jerry, assisted by his son Tristan and a friend, loaded the U-Haul Truck with all of the needed supplies.

Unfortunately, for the NFL, Jerry recently had a change in his work hours and has "retired" from the NFL. Jerry's new position provides extra overtime opportunities and you can bet Jerry and Patti will be fulfilling their travelling dreams.

It is very difficult for our staff to bid a goodbye to someone who will be missed. Jerry's hardwork, and dedication to our office showed in everything he did. We wish him only the very best!

Jerry is married to Patti, a fulltime NFL staff member who was featured in the February issue. The Kilburgs have been married for 31 years. They have three sons, Jay, Shannon and Tristan. They live in a small town called Rosendale, which is 15 minutes from Ripon.