Gerald Battisto, 68, most recently of East Coventry, Pennsylvania died in the wee hours of Tuesday, October 27th. He is survived by his wife Penny (Farman) of 30 years.
Jerry was the son of Mary E Battisto (Cinaglia) and spent most of his young life in King of Prussia as a “Spring Laner” and graduated from Upper Merion High School in 1975.
Jerry had numerous jobs in his early life where he gained so much knowledge to be a “jack of all trades”. He worked for some time with Glasgow Quarries and Joseph Paolino & Sons as well as Dryden/Castrol Oil. His most favorite and fulfilling job was as Athletic Director at St. Pius X High School in Pottstown where he had the opportunity to work with so many coaches and young athletes and enjoyed managing all of the different team events. Jerry, most recently, retired from the County of Chester as a Regional Park Supervisor, where he enjoyed maintaining and protecting parks and loved helping employees succeed and grow who worked for him.
He was a proud member of Saint Teresa of Calcutta Church in Schwenksville and participated in many fundraising and community events. His favorite things to do which he did with perfection was making donuts “Jerry Bag A Donuts”, beautiful pizzas and cinnamon rolls. Jerry had a dream with Penny to have a Food Truck which he successfully built from scratch to its present “Rise N Shine Grill”. Jerry loved the game of golf, and loved fishing on his boat, especially for Stripers. He loved playing poker, tinkering in the garage and repairing everything broken.
As a young man Jerry taught himself to play guitar, beekeeping. Years later he fulfilled a dream by owning racehorses at Philadelphia Park under Lucky Penny Stables, most special to him were his two horses Son of Man and Bronxrunner.
Jerry is survived by his wife Penny, two sons Jacob Grimm (Angie) and Alex Grimm (Sokha), 3 grandchildren: Anthony, Jason and Sophia. Jerry is survived by his older brothers Eugene “Gino” (Mary) Battisto and Joseph (Jane) Battisto. He is survived by many nieces and nephews including his Goddaughter Christina and who most recently pre-deceased him, his nephew Joey Battisto.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 11:00 AM St. Teresa of Calcutta Church 256 Swamp Pike, Schwenksville, PA. A visitation will also be held Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 8:00 AM - 10:45 AM at the church. Burial will be held privately by the family at a later date.
If preferred, in lieu of flowers a donation can be made for our Church Mary Garden at https://www.parishgiving.org/lnkpayment;DPLID=04BBDE926276D9395A4E63EE79C9AF4EEA46652819073115B5E97D57C2816E7FE2F2B4CD5F5FD38786D78A00DF34B7D8 or make checks payable to Saint Teresa of Calcutta Parish and mail to 256 Swamp Pike, Schwenksville, PA 19473