Farmington – Jeremiah “Jerry” Iannucci, 84, a resident of Forest Circle, Jay, died on Friday, Dec. 28, at Franklin Memorial Hospital following a lingering illness.

He was born on May 28, 1923, in Ft. Edward, N.Y., the son of Donato and Mary (DeCrescenzo) Iannucci. He served proudly in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1944 as a tech. Sgt., radioman and waist gunner on his plane, “Lady Barbara,” was shot down over Germany on Feb. 24, 1942. He bailed out and was captured and sent to five different prison camps before being liberated in the German prison camp in by General Patton’s 3rd Army.

He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga, N.Y. with a degree in chemical engineering. During his school years he was a very athletic person, excelling in basketball and football. On Sept. 19, 1947, he married Caroline Ruth Parker in Hudson Falls, N.Y. She passed away on Jan. 11, 2005. Jerry worked for International Paper Co., in Glens Falls, N.Y., in the research and development department. He also worked at the Ticonderoga Mill in N.Y. and in 1968, he transferred to the James River Otis Mill in Jay, retiring in 1988, as a technical director.

He was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church in Jay. He was a life member of the VFW, Post 3335 of Jay, the Amvets, Post 33 of Jay, the Elks Club of Farmington and the Hillside Sports Club of Jay.

He is survived by three sons, Donato Iannucci and his wife, Linda, of Jay, John Iannucci and his companion, Sue Jolicoeur, of Jay and Mark Iannucci and his fiancée, Mary, of Danbury, Conn.; two daughters, Christine Kelley and fiancé, Bill Dougherty, of Lowell, Mass., and Karen Lemelin and her husband, Paul, of Lewiston; a sister, Christine Fantauzzi of Mechanicville, N.Y.; and 13 grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a brother, Anthony Iannucci.