Jess, John 1888 - 1970

JESS, FLEMME, DEKONING, SNOOK, BALE, KLEINENDORST, ELSCOTT

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 9/28/2004 at 21:33:26

John Jess Rites Held

Services for John P. Jess, 82, 608 S. 3rd Ave. W., a resident of Jasper County for more than 60 years, were today at Toland-Wallace Funeral Home.

The Rev. W. W. Johnson, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, officiated. Burial was in the Palo Alto Cemetery. Flag presentation was given by the Newton Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1655.

Surviving are his wife, Trina; a son, Lawrence of Des Moines; two daughters, Mrs. Lynn (Helen) Kleinendorst of Newton and Mrs. (Mary Louise) Elscott of Topeka, Kan.; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Ferd, Harry and Carl, all of Newton; and two sisters , Mrs. John (Margaret) Bale of Colfax and Mrs. Bert (Etta) Snook of Newton.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister.

Mr. Jess was a member of the United Presbyterian Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

A retired farmer, he had served in the armed forces during World War I in Belgium and France.

The son of Peter and Fredericka Flemme Jess, he was born Jan. 5, 1888, at Davenport.

He was married to Trina DeKoning Feb. 4, 1920, at the DeKoning home near Newton.

Mr. Jess died Saturday morning at Skiff Memorial Hospital. ~ The Newton Daily News, Newton Iowa, September 21, 1970, page 7.