Jerry E. Pohlman, age 68, of Helena, MT died Saturday September 4, 2010. He was born on January 7th 1942 in Sibley, IA to Edgar and Grace Pohlman. He will be deeply missed by friends and family.<\/p>\n
Jerry grew up in Melvin, IA and graduated from Melvin High School in 1960. He earned his BA in 1964 and MA in 1966 from the University of Iowa. The following September he taught at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. Jerry married Kate Greer in Iowa City, IA in 1967. Together they moved to Cortland, NY where Jerry entered Cornell University and earned his PhD in 1970. From this marriage Jerry and Kate were blessed with four beautiful children Molly, Michael, Matthew and Andrew. In 1969 Jerry moved to Buffalo, NY and taught at State University of New York. In 1972 Jerry completed his first book on wage and price controls and began consulting with the Price Commission in Washington DC. That same year he moved his family to the D.C. area where he continued to work with the Price Commission and Cost of Living Council. In 1973 Jerry began working for Arthur Young and Co in New York City. In 1976 Jerry moved his young family to California where he took a position with California Federal Savings as Chief Economist. During the next 10 years Jerry held senior executive positions at a number of banks in California. In 1985 he accepted the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Pacific First Bank in Seattle WA and in 1987 he was promoted to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until he led the successful sale of the bank to Royal Trust of Toronto, Ontario. Following that sale Jerry focused his academic and business interests on economic analysis and investment management.<\/p>\n
In 2005 Jerry married his current wife Betty Curry in Coeur d`Alene, ID. Jerry and Betty made their first home together in Helena, MT Attempting retirement, with not much luck, Jerry remarked \u201cI began my career teaching and it would be a good way to end it\u201d. In 2007 he began his association with Carroll College as an adjunct professor and in 2008 until the time of his death taught Economics and was Chairman of the Business, Accounting and Economics Department at Carroll College.<\/p>\n
Jerry was an advocate of health and fitness and completed his first marathon at the age of 65. He also loved the mountains, downhill skiing with his kids, horseback riding, reading, travel and was a photographer since an early age.<\/p>\n
Jerry loved spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife, Betty, mother Grace Pohlman of Milford, IA, daughter Molly LaBelle of Seattle, WA, Mike (Julia) Pohlman of Bellingham, WA, Matt (Jodi) Pohlman of London, UK, and Andy Pohlman of Bellingham, WA, sister Patricia (Irvin) Schnell of Milford, IA. Jerry delighted in his grandchildren Sam, Anna, John, Lauren, Emily, and Michael.<\/p>\n
Services will be held Saturday September 11, 2010, 1:30 p.m. at the Helena First Assembly of God Church located at 2210 Dodge Ave. Helena Mt. Lunch will be served following the service. Memorials may be sent to Dr.<\/p>\n
Jerry E. Pohlman Memorial Fund at Carroll College, 1601 North Benton, Helena Mt 59625. Local arrangements have been entrusted to Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/248985_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}