Jessie Irene MESSAMER
1919 - 2017 (98 years)-
Name Jessie Irene MESSAMER Birth 6 Oct 1919 Washington Township, Dallas, Iowa 
Gender Female Death 19 Dec 2017 Greenfield, Adair, Iowa [1] Burial Fairview Cemetery, Stuart, Adair, Iowa [2] 
Siblings7 brothers and 6 sisters Person ID I5144 bmds Last Modified 18 Jun 2022
Father Theodore Roy MESSAMER, b. 27 Jun 1883, Panther, Colfax, Iowa d. 31 Aug 1954, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa (Age 71 years) Mother Beulah Viola ZELLERS, b. 15 Jan 1886, Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois d. 7 Feb 1973, Perry, Dallas, Iowa (Age 87 years) Family ID F1995 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Milford Harmon BLOMQUIST, b. 19 Jul 1914, Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska d. 20 Apr 1996, Stuart, Adair, Iowa (Age 81 years) Marriage 8 Jun 1941 Brethren Church, Panora, Guthrie, Iowa Age at Marriage Jessie : 21 years old | Milford : 26 years old. Children 3 sons and 1 daughter + 1 
. Dale John BLOMQUIST, b. 10 Jul 1943, Stuart, Adair, Iowa d. 26 Apr 2013, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa (Age 69 years)+ 2 . Leanna Viola BLOMQUIST, b. Est 1945 (Age 79 years)+ 3 . Francis Dean BLOMQUIST, b. Est 1948 (Age 76 years)+ 4 . Lloyd Calvin BLOMQUIST, b. Est 1950 (Age 74 years)Family ID F2025 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 6 Oct 1919 - Washington Township, Dallas, Iowa 
Marriage - 8 Jun 1941 - Brethren Church, Panora, Guthrie, Iowa 
Death - 19 Dec 2017 - Greenfield, Adair, Iowa 
Burial - - Fairview Cemetery, Stuart, Adair, Iowa Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S4] Obituary.
Jessie Irene Blomquist, 98, of Greenfield formerly of the Stuart area passed away, December 19, 2017 at the Greenfield Rehab and Care Center. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Johnson Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Stuart. Funeral service will be held 10:00 A.M. Friday, December 22, at the funeral home. Burial will immediately follow the service in Fairview Cemetery in rural Adair County. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jessie Blomquist Memorial Fund. Online condolences may be left at www.johnsonfamilyfuneralhome.com.
Jessie Irene Messamer was born on October 6, 1919, in Dallas County, Iowa. She was the sixth child in a family of ten children born to T.R. and Beulah Messamer. Jessie was raised in rural Dallas County and graduated from Washington Township High School. She attended McPherson College in Kansas for two years and then taught at a county school in Dallas County for two years prior to her marriage.
On June 8, 1941, Jessie married Milford Blomquist and moved to a farm south of Stuart where she resided for the remainder of her life. She spent her time working hard gardening, canning and freezing her produce, and doing all the multiple tasks a farm wife and mom needed to do to care for her family. Jessie and Milford became the parents of four children: Dale, Leanna, Francis, and Lloyd. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, and always encouraged and supported her kids and grandkids.
Jessie was a member of Bethel Baptist Church at Stanzel and participated in many activities there with her family. She loved and served the Lord, and her deep faith in God guided how she lived her life. In her spare time, Jessie loved to read, sew, quilt, and do crossword puzzles. She was an avid Iowa and Iowa State basketball fan all her life, in part thanks to her time playing six-on-six basketball in high school.
Jessie leaves the following family to celebrate her life and deeds: sons Francis and Lloyd of Stuart, daughter Leanna of Mahomet, Il, daughter-in-law Darlene of Greenfield, 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, a brother Charles Messamer in Indiana, and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, eight of her siblings, her husband Milford, and her son Dale.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 19141261.
- [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 19141261.
- [S4] Obituary.