Gerald Abernethy Mowers “Jerry”, 94, of Cromwell passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 5, 2023 in Villa Vista Care Center in Cromwell. He was born on December 19, 1928 in Duluth, the second of five children, to Alice Abernethy Mowers and Earnest Melvin Mowers. He attended school at Lester Park. They moved to Cromwell in 1941. He attended Agricultural school on the St. Paul campus of the University of MN for one year and graduated from Cromwell High School in 1947. He then worked at the paper mill in Cloquet. He trained as a machinist in Duluth and worked at Abernethy Iron Works.