Edgar M. Jesse (1952)

JESSE, CHURCH, ESKEW

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 7/30/2007 at 19:06:27

Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
August 6, 1952; p. 4

EDGAR JESSE, 85, DIES AT CLARINDA

Edgar M. Jesse, a former resident of Scott township, died Monday at Clarinda. He was 85 years of age.

Funeral services for Mr. Jesse will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Richards funeral home in Winterset.

The son of Tom and Martha Eskew Jesse, he was born on Feb. 14, 1867 on a farm in Scott township. He lived in this county all his life except for the past 10 years.

He was a member of the Methodist church.

Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Ella Church of Los Angeles, Calif., one brother, Charles Jesse, also of Los Angeles, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Jesse was preceded in death by a brother, John.

Officiating at the funeral this Thursday will be the Rev. Glenn Parrott, pastor of the Methodist church here. Burial will be made in the Union Chapel (South) cemetery.