Edward Jessen Obituary

JESSEN, Edward Edward Marshall Jessen, 83, husband of Florence Aichele Jessen, of Summerville, SC, died Thursday, June 15, 2006 at a local hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, June 17, 2006 at St. Lukes Lutheran Church at 2 o'clock. Burial will be held at Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, SC. Friends may call at Parks Funeral Home, Summerville, SC this Friday evening from 6 8 o'clock. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Lutheran Hospice, 753 Johnnie Dodds Boulevard, Suite 100, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 or St. Lukes Lutheran Church Wilmarth Scholarship Fund, 206 Central Avenue, Summerville, SC 29483. Mr. Jessen was born on March 13, 1923 in Summerville, SC, a son of Herbert Henry Jessen, Sr. and Lillian McDougal Jessen. He was a retired businessman. He was a member of St. Lukes Lutheran Church, the Summerville High School Athletic Hall of Fame, Newberry College Alumni and Summerville Exchange Club. He was a former member of Summerville Town Council. Survivors include his wife, Florence Jessen of Summerville; three daughters, Beverly (Bali) Cuthbert of Summerville, Dottie Connelly and her husband, Louis of Summerville, Becky Koch and her husband, Bob of Greenwood, SC; his son, Ed Jessen and his wife, Susan of Mount Pleasant, SC; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Arrangements by PARKS FUNERAL HOME, INC., 130 West 1stNorth Street, Summerville, SC. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.