Jerry Sconce was an American football coach and funeral director convicted for his involvement in the Lamb Funeral Home scandal. He was the fifth head football coach at Azusa Pacific CollegeâÂÂnow known as Azusa Pacific UniversityâÂÂin Azusa, California, serving for six seasons, from 1972 to 1977 and compiling a record of 24âÂÂ31.
Jerry Sconce was born on October 6, 1933, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was the fifth head football coach at Azusa Pacific CollegeâÂÂnow known as Azusa Pacific UniversityâÂÂin Azusa, California, serving for six seasons, from 1972 to 1977. and compiling a record of 24âÂÂ31. He died on January 28, 2019, in California.
Sconce operated the Lamb Funeral Home with his wife, Laurieanne Lamb-Sconce. The Sconces and their son David were arrested on numerous charges relating to forgery of donor consent forms, removal of organs and body parts from the dead and selling them to organ banks and for scientific research, removal of gold dental fillings, and theft of funds from trust accounts. They were each sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.