Alice Jesse

Alice Jesse, 78 died Sunday, May 13, 2018 at the Dougherty Hospice House after a long hard fight with complications from diabetes. Funeral services will be at 11:00am Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Benton Lutheran Church, rural Crooks with burial at St. Christina Cemetery, Parker. Visitation with family present will be from 5-7pm Wednesday evening at Heritage Funeral Home, Sioux Falls with a Prayer Service at 7:00pm.Alice was born November 23, 1939 the 7th child of ten children born to Edwin and Ruth (Schrader) Hotchkiss on the family farm north of Humboldt, SD. Alice attended a country school Clear Lake #67. Alice attended Church with her family and was baptized at the Free Methodist Church in Humboldt where she came to know her Lord and Savior. School, Church, Chores, and family were pretty much the story of Alice’s young life. With a family of eleven you did not pile (and I do mean pile) into a car just to go for a Sunday drive. The Farmer’s Union was also a part of this family and Alice took part in Farmer’s Union Camps and other outings. Alice lived with her family on the farm until 1958 when they moved to Sioux Falls due to our father’s ill health. Alice worked as a Nanny-housekeeper for Rich and Cash Swier of Colton for eight or nine years coring for their children while both parents worked. Alice met the love of her life, Stephen Jesse, while on a Farmer’s Union bus trip. Steve and Alice were both quite shy so it was a joyous surprise when they were married on April 19, 1968 at the Catholic Church in Montrose, SD. They farmed in Montrose, and Monroe area for several years before selling out and moving to their new home near Renner, SD. While living near Montrose, Alice often had a house full of kids she tended for many of her family members. All though Alice never had children of her own, her door and heart were always open to many others. She loved children and they loved their fun-loving aunt who liked playing pranks and making them laugh giving many fond memories. Alice worked in housekeeping at the Ramada Inn before working in housekeeping at the McKennan Hospital for nineteen years retiring in 2006. Alice (Hotchkiss) Jesse Died May 13, 2018 at the age of 78 at the Dougherty Hospice House after a long, well fought, fight with diabetes and other complications. She was Lovingly cared for by her husband of 50 years, Stephen Jesse, and her loved nieces Ester, Ida, and Eva Paulson for the past couple of years. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband Steve of 50 years; sisters Donna Steele and Ona (Dick) Lineback, Sioux Falls and Grace (Gary) Lukes, Parker; a sister in law Mildred Hotchkiss, Humboldt; and many, many nieces and nephews whom she had taken care of throughout the years. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Herman, and sisters Mary Paulson, Darlene Carsrud, Betty Warren, Beverly Wheelhouse, and Eva Hotchkiss.