Lisa E. Jessen, 95, of Grand Island died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at Wedgewood Care Center in Grand Island.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island, with the Rev. Adam Snoberger officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery at Grand Island.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date.
Lisa Elli Wilhelmine Jessen was born Dec. 23, 1921, in Schleswig, Germany, the daughter of Walter Richard and Dora (Marxen) Bruenecke. At the age of 3 1/2, she left Germany with her family and they made their home near Phillips, Neb., for five years, later moving to Grand Island, where she has resided her entire life. She received her education in Grand Island, graduating from Grand Island Senior High with the class of 1940.
She was united in marriage to Fredrick W. Jessen on Feb. 15, 1946, in Grand Island. The couple made their home in Grand Island, where she was employed at the Cornhusker Army Ammunition Plant, Skagway for 20 years and in the later years she assisted people with housework and child care.
She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Grand Island, the Platt Duetsche and the Liederkranz.
She enjoyed writing letters, sewing, cooking and loved babysitting. Lisa became a citizen of the United States at the age of 80.
Those left to cherish her memory include three daughters and a son-in-law, Kathy L. Martin, Ann M. Jessen and Christine and Gene Jones, all of Grand Island; a grandson, Monty and Brenda Martin of Grand Island; a sister, Eleanore Fuller of Grand Island; and a great-granddaughter, Cali Martin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Fredrick Jessen; a son, Richard W. Jessen; two brothers, Richard Bruenecke and Otto Bruenecke; two sisters, Waltraud Hallock and Betty Ryan; and a son-in-law, Mac Martin.