Robert Keith JESSEN, Jr.

JESSEN, ELL, ZIGRANG, HILPIPRE, BOYD, SIMONS, TILKES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/29/2006 at 01:07:28

Robert ‘Bob’ Jessen Jr.
May 14, 1959 - February 6, 2005

IOWA FALLS—Robert "Bob" Keith Jessen Jr., 45, of Iowa Falls died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, from injuries sustained in a automobile accident. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Eagle Grove. The Rev. Mary Green will officiate. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Eagle Grove. Visitation will be held from 5 until 8 p.m. Thursday at Foust Funeral Home in Eagle Grove.

Bob was born on May 14, 1959, in Webster City to Shirley and Robert Jessen Sr. He attended schools in Webster City and Eagle Grove. Bob had worked at AGP in Eagle Grove for 22 years. He was currently employed by Christianson Farms Feed Mill in Iowa Falls where he had worked for the last three years. Bob enjoyed his children, camping and cooking. Survivors include friend Sharon Tilkes and her daughter Jessica of Iowa Falls; four daughters, Sara and husband Ryan Ell, Becky and husband Sean Zigrang, Meagan Jessen and Holly Jessen all of Eagle Grove; mother Shirley and husband Lundy Hilpipre of Eagle Grove; father Robert Jessen Sr. of Dardanelle, Ark.; two sisters, Barb and husband Wayne Boyd of Goldfield and Kristie and husband Kirk Simons of Eagle Grove; a brother, Brad and wife Diane of Eagle Grove; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by both sets of grandparents. Memorials may be sent to Sharon Tilkes, 614 River St., Iowa Falls, IA 50126.

Published February 9, 2005, Page 6
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