John Thomas “Jack” McNerney was born May 2, 1938, in Pleasant Prairie Township, Martin County, Minn., to John Louis and Margaret (Wade) McNerney. He was the youngest of six children. Jack attended St. Paul’s Catholic School in Fairmont through 8th grade and then attended high school at Granada. He graduated in 1956. He attended Mankato State College and Minneapolis School of Business. Jack married Ruth Ann Schmit on Nov. 24, 1962, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont. They have four children.

Jack loved sports of all kinds. He participated as a young man, he followed his children’s sporting events when they were in school, and then in his later years he spent many hours all year round following college wrestling, watching the Twins and the Vikings (if they were winning). After he retired, he rediscovered his love of the game of golf which gave him much happiness and the joy of time spent with friends on the golf course. Jack was a salesman, he loved to talk and share stories with his family and friends. Above all else Jack loved his family, his wife, children, and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Margaret; his sisters, Margaret and Nylene; his sisters and brothers-in-law, Monica and Cliff Post, Marvis and Louis Maday, Rose Ann and Gus Ewald, and Charles Schmit. He is survived by his wife, Ruth; children, Todd (Teresa) McNerney of Charleston, S.C., Theresa (Mark) Lenz of Scandia, Ann (Kelly) Lennon of Minnetonka, and Michael (Gina Zierke) McNerney of Blue Earth; eight grandchildren, Aidan, Thomas, Mathew, Sean, Elliot, Adeline, Riley, and Molly; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

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