BORN JUNE 12, 1894 CARROLL COUNTY, IOWA
DIED DECEMBER 20, 1983
MANNING PLAZA NURSING HOME MANNING, IOWA

SERVICES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1983, 2 PM
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, MANNING, IOWA
OFFICIATING PASTOR PAUL KRUMM
MUSIC DOROTHY KUSEL, ORGANIST
SUE PUCK, VOCALIST

INTERMENT MANNING CITY CEMETERY

CASKETBEARERS: DARRELL WEEMS, DOUGLAS WEEMS, RANDALL NISSEN, ROBERT NISSEN, DEAN STRIBE, GEORGE SCHROEDER, MELVIN KUSEL, HAROLD BORKOWSKI

The family wishes to express their gratitude for your kindness evidenced in thought, word, and deed, and invites you to join them for lunch and fellowship at the church following the committal service.

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still water. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me: Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anoitest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

JESSIE BLANCHE NISSEN
Funeral services for Jessie Blanche Nissen were held Friday, December 23, 1983, at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church of Manning. Officiating was Pastor Paul Krumm, with music provided by Dorothy Kusel playing the organ and Sue Puck as vocalist. Interment was at the Manning City Cemetery with casketbearers being Darrell Weems, Randall Nissen, Dean Stribe, Melvin Kusel, Douglas Weems, Robert Nissen, George Schroeder, Harold Borkowski.

Jessie Blanche, daughter of George and Alvina Ohrt Stribe, was born June 12, 1894 in Washington Township, Carroll County, Iowa. She attended rural school near her home and later attended dressmakers school in Manning.

On February 25, 1920, she was united in marriage with Alfred Johannes Nissen in Manning. They farmed in various areas around Manning eventually purchasing their own farm north of Manning where they farmed many years. Alfred passed away on October 11, 1956. Jessie moved to her new home in Manning in 1957. She continued to live in her own home until 4 1/2 years ago when she moved to the Manning Plaza Nursing Home.

Jessie was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Manning, Dorcas Society, and a former member of the Homemakers Club and the Manning Hospital Auxiliary sewing club, and several neighborhood clubs.

Jessie died on Tuesday, December 20, 1983, at the Manning Plaza, at the age of 89 years, 6 months, 8 days.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a son Melvin, in 1976, and a great-grandson, Jacob D. Weems. She was also preceded in death by all of her brothers and sisters: Herbert, Charles, and Frank Stribe, and Clara Konrady and Mae Schroeder.

She is survived by one son, Orlo Nissen, of Denison; a daughter, Norma Weems, and her husband, Eldis, of Manning; a daughter-in-law, Edna Nissen, Manning; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; surviving sister-in-laws are: Mrs. Alma Schroeder, Manning Plaza; Mrs. Hilda Nissen, Manning; Mrs. Velma Nissen, Manning; Mrs. Rose Gordon and Minnie Nissen of Fairmont, Minnesota; and Mrs. Regilda Stribe, Manning. A surviving brother-in-law is Charles Nissen of Manning. Nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends also survive.