Jesse William Queckboerner

Jesse William Queckboerner, age 91, of Bolivar, Missouri, formerly of Chadwick, Illinois, died Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Citizens Memorial Hospital, Bolivar. A Funeral Service will be held in Bolivar. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Frank-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Chadwick, Illinois.
Burial will be Chadwick Cemetery, Chadwick. Visitation will be 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Thursday, August 17, 2006.
Jesse was born December 24, 1914, the son of Fred and Hattie Queckboerner, in Chadwick, Illinois. He attended Fairhaven Center School and Chadwick High School. In 1952, Jesse married Lula Mae “Lu” Biggin, she passed away in 1972. In 1978, Jesse married Dorothy Hale Schunemeier.
Jesse farmed all of his life near Fairhaven, Illinois, retiring in 1976. He moved to Missouri in 1977. Jesse enjoyed farming and gardening and spending time with his friends. His grandchildren were the love of his life, they enjoyed life on the farm with him doing chores, riding tractor, bailing hay and the occasional water fight. He held membership in the Moose Lodge and was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Jesse will be dearly missed by his wife, Dorothy; his daughter, Virginia (Henry) Winter of Freeport, Illinois; four grandchildren, Adrienne “Red” (Steve) Mooney, Kirk Winter, Eric “Smiley” (Arlene) Winter and Lauri (Kevin) Wichman all of Freeport; ten great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; one brother, Sherwood H. Queckboerner of Savanna; nieces, Marna (Keith) Foltz of Bothell, Washington;and Leslie (Paul) Oslansky of Naperville, Illinois and families.
Jesse is preceded in death by his parents; first wife Lu; sister, brother in-law, Jeanette and Bud Bittner and nephew Dennis Bittner.