Jerry Wilke was diagnosed in 2005 and has had a very long road of treatment. He just retired officially at the end of December, as it was getting hard to work. He has a lot of bone pain but his family says that through it all, he has had a great attitude. He tries to spend as much time with his grandchildren as he can, as he wants them to remember him in real life, not just in photographs.
His daughter remembers Jerry mentioning that he wished he could take a tropical vacation with his wife, Jenny, but they are unable to afford to go anywhere too far away. She asked to surprise them with a trip to Hawaii and SWF is making it happen.
