Eleanore Jessen 1934 - 2016

JESSEN, WILLIAMS, DELAMBERT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/18/2016 at 20:04:11

Sioux City Journal
14 October 2016

KINGSLEY, Iowa | Eleanore Jessen, 82, of Kingsley, passed away Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital.

Services were held on Oct. 15 at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, where the Rev. Robert Blair officiated. Online condolences may be sent to www.rohdefh.com.

Eleanore Jessen was born on June 3, 1934, in Pierson, Iowa, the daughter of Ralph H. and Marjorie E. (Williams) DeLambert. She graduated from Pierson High School in 1951.

In 1952, she and Fredrick Carl Jessen were united in marriage. They made their home in Pierson, where they raised their family. Eleanore worked at the Vannorsdal & Harvey Insurance as an administrative assistant until her retirement. Her husband, Fredrick, passed away in 1975. After his passing away Eleanore moved to Kingsley.

She was member of Congregational United Church of Christ in Kingsley.

Survivors include her daughters, Roxanne Jessen of Omaha, and Brenda Herthel of Kingsley; grandchildren, Angela (Han) Huang, Bill (Alexis) Plendl, Nicholas Plendl, Meghan Plendl, Josh Bumsted, Amanda Harwood and Somer (Nathan) Bizzle; great-grandchildren, Frankie Harwood, Joseph and Landon Olney, Ryder Henning, Gavin and Aubrey Rose Bumsted, Sarah, Samuel and Zander Huang, Trinity and Liam Plendl, and Vincent Jentree; and two sisters-in-law, Wilma Reinking, Kingsley, and Hattie Sabin, Manchester, Iowa.

Eleanore was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fredrick; a son, Jim; parents-in-law; two sisters, Phyllis Harm and her husband, Kenny, and Audrey DeLambert; a nephew, Nicholas Harm; and stepmother, Gertrude DeLambert.