Jerry Alan Nuttall

Jerry Alan Nuttall, age 93, passed away May 20, 2026 in Murray, Utah. He was born January 16, 1933, in Salt Lake City, to Leonard John Nuttall III and Rebecca Fannie Burns. He was the youngest of 13 children.

Jerry graduated from East High School. During high school he worked in a warehouse. His job was to take a shopping cart and go around the warehouse filling orders. To make the process faster, he was given roller skates to navigate with. He said that that was how he became such a good skater. He was a wonderful athlete.

In 1953 Jerry enlisted in the Army and served 2 years during the Korean war. During basic training he earned the sharpshooter medal despite the fact that the army failed to issue

him a gun. After basic training, he was assigned to Fort Mammoth, NJ and attended the Sound Recording school. He remained there teaching electronics for the duration of his service.

Following his military service, Jerry served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints in the Western Canada Mission. He told his family how he and his companion would hitchhike to get from place to place. Part of his mission was to do a weekly radio program.

Jerry attended the University of Utah and earned his BS in Physics. At the U of U he also

met his sweetheart Marcia Mitchell in a ballroom dance class. Jerry and Marcia were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple June 15, 1959. Their honeymoon was moving to California where Jerry attended UCLA to get his Masters in physics.

They moved to Boston, Massachusetts where Jerry worked for MIT, Lincoln Laboratory.

There he was assigned the task of developing a wide band parametric amplifier for the APOLLO communications system.

In 1973 they relocated to Arizona where he worked for Goodyear Aerospace (later purchased by Lockheed Martin) in radar. He had three publications and a radar patent.

Jerry and Marcia continued their love of dance, serving in the church 25 years training

youth dance teams for dance festivals in Arizona and Utah.

Jerry would teach himself many things over the years. One of his proudest accomplishments was building his house on Ramanee-doing the foundation and all.

All who knew Jerry knew of his love of playing tennis, getting in two days of gameplay each week. He would teach all of his grandkids how to play.

He loved spending time with family and loved the opportunities when the whole family

could be together.

He is survived by his sweetheart of 66 years Marcia; two daughters Malinda Nuttall and

Jill Gillis(Tracy); his three grandchildren Rachel Crane(Paul), Jeremy Gillis, and Elisha

Young(Tayler); two great-grandchildren Darcy and Elizabeth; and his brother Richard Nuttall.

A viewing will be held on Wednesday, May 27th from 6:00pm-8:00pm, at Goff Mortuary 8090 S. State St, Midvale, Utah.