Jess, Carl 1899-1981

JESS, FLAMME, BALE, SNOOK

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 9/28/2004 at 21:03:04

Carl Jess, 82, longtime Newton resident, dies

Carl Jess, 82, of 404 E. 10th St. S., a longtime resident of Newton, died Tuesday evening at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Wallace Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Wallace Funeral Home after 9 a.m. Thursday.

Survivors are his wife, Zaida; two sons, Delmar of Newton and Ronald of Libertyville, Ill.; four grandchildren; a brother, Harry of Mitchellville; and two sisters, Mrs. John (Margaret) Bale of Mitchellville and Mrs. Bert (Henrietta) Snook of Newton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Olga, and two brothers, John and Ferdinand.

Mr. Jess, an employee of the Maytag Co. for more than 40 years, was a member of the YMCA Old Timers’ Club and a longtime member of Knights of Pythias Lodge.

The son of peter and Fredericka Flamme Jess, he was born Jan. 3, 1899 in Davenport.

He was married to Zaida McKinney Feb. 27, 1927 in Newton.

Memorial contributions to the Christian Church Memorial Fund will be accepted. Memorials may be left at the Wallace Funeral Home. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, April 1, 1981, page 6.