R.I.P.

It has been all over St.Blog's since it happened, but I will also chime in on the news - the gentlest blogger in the parish has gone to his eternal reward.
He was the first to link to me way back when I was an insignificant microbe of a blogger, and updated the link within a few hours of when I moved my URL. He always struck me, like Karen Marie Knapp, as one of those souls whose prayers keep the universe together.
His funeral arrangements follow - taken from the comments box of his last entry. His health has not been good, and he was apparantly planning a visit to his earthly physician - but now he is in the hands of the Great Physician.
Jerry - please pray for us.