Jane M. Bessen, 90, of McLeansboro, died at 6:40 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3, 1996 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. She taught school in Monroe County, Illinois followed by many years at the old Piopolis School.
Mrs. Bessen was born on February 19, 1906, in Hamilton County, a daughter of Lawrence and Hallie (Kittinger) Smith. She married Tom A. Bessen on December 13, 1941, in St. Charles, Missouri. She was a past member of the McLeansboro Eastern Star and a member of the First Baptist Church of McLeansboro.
The funeral was at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 1996, at Harre Funeral Home. Rev. Jerry Parmley officiated. Burial was in Veterans Memorial Park.
Mrs. Bessen is survived by her husband, Tom A. Bessen of McLeansboro; one niece, Elsie Molitor of Burlington, Wisconsin; one nephew, Ralph Dean Hawthorne of Raleigh, North Carolina; one cousin, Harold Kittinger of McLeansboro.