Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Jessen, Robert January 15, 1998
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Jackson Sentinel, Jan. 21, 1998
Jackson Sentinel, January 21, 1998

OBITUARIES-

Robert Jessen-

Robert Lee “Bob” Jessen, 56, of Council Bluffs and formrerly of Maquoketa, died 
Thursday, January 15, 1998, at his home in Council Bluffs.
A memorial mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, January 26th at Sacred 
Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa with Father Dennis Cain officiating. Burial 
will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Maquoketa.
Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Monday at the 
Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The body has been cremated. The Carson & Son 
Funeral Home in Maquoketa is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Jessen was born March 8, 1941 in Maquoketa to Leo and Leona Miller Jessen.
He was a 1960 graduate of the Maquoketa Community High School. He then attended 
Parsons College in Fairfield and later attended Northwest Missouri State 
University in Kirksville, Missouri, graduating with a bachelor of science 
degree in electrical engineering. He also received teaching credentials in 
industrial arts from Northwest Missouri State University. After college he 
taught industrial arts in Indianola and Peosta. He also had taught Driver’s 
Education.
He worked for a number of years as an engineer and consulting engineer for 
several companies. He had a private pilot’s license and was a ham radio 
operator. He also enjoyed woodworking, electronics, hunting, boats and cars and 
was a firearms collector.
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa.
Survivors include one sister, Mary (Mrs. Larry) Loos of Greenbrae, California 
and two nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memorials may be made 
to the Diabetes Association.


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