Jess, Cora Lena (Iske) 1893-1980

JESS, ISKE

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 9/28/2004 at 21:23:17

Cora Lena Jess Rites Scheduled For Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Ferd (Cora Lena) Jess, 86, of Embassy Manor, a resident of Newton since 1947 and former resident of the area northwest of Newton, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Reese Chapel.

The Rev. H. Eugene Cedarholm, pastor of the First Lutheran Church, will conduct services. Burial will be in the Newton Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Reese Funeral Home after noon today.

Memorial contributions to the First Lutheran Church Organ Fund will be accepted.

Survivors are a son, Dale Jess of Brackley, England and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a sister.

Mrs. Jess was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Oak Ridge Grange, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Golden Agers and Newton 3 Homemakers Club.

The daughter of Chris and Sophia Iske, she was born Aug. 29, 1893 on a farm in Jasper County.

She was married Dec. 6, 1916 in Newton. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, March 18, 1980, page 5.