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- Jesse A Bevers, age 86, of Little Chute, entered eternal life on September 20, 2012. Beloved husband of 63 years to Sally (nee McMorrow). Outstanding father to Steve (Pat), Scott (Cherith), Mary (Terry) Chipman, Joe (Lisa), and Carol Nees. Jesse was preceded in death by his parents, Adrian and Myrtle; by brothers Orval and David; sisters Audrey Schmidt and Carol; brothers-in-law Emmett, James, and John McMorrow, Marvin Skalmusky and Woody McCabe; sister-in law Mary McMorrow; and by an infant son and daughter. He is survived by sisters Vivian Skalmusky, Eunice McCabe and Linda (Mark) Hietpas; brothers Wesley (Marge) and Mike (Darlene); sisters-in-law Ruth and Nancy Bevers, Joyce and Thelma McMorrow; and brothers-in-law Jerry Schmidt and Tom (Lois) McMorrow.
Jesse and Sally were proud grandparents of 14 grandchildren (Shawn, Leah, Angela, Jessi, Kyle, Brett, Dan, Patrick, Chris, Josh, Jon, Mike, Ryan and Taylor) and 15 great-grandchildren. Jesse could often be found attending a sporting or special event for first his children, then grandchildren and then great-grandchildren. He loved attending these events and became well known as an avid fan.
After graduating from St. John's High School in 1944 where he excelled in boxing, Jesse proudly served in the US Army Air Corp during WWII as a Staff Sergeant in the Pacific Theatre. Many of his best stories came from this time in his life. He was an active member of the Jacob Coppus American Legion Post 258 including acting as an honor guard at the funeral of many veterans.
Jesse loved the outdoors and was especially fond of musky fishing and birds of all kinds. His passion for birds led to many years of raising and racing homing pigeons.
Jesse's early work years found him as a mason for C.R.Meyer and he continued to perform this work throughout his lifetime. He was justifiably proud of his masonry work and of the many buildings he helped erect. He worked at Kimberly-Clark until 1976 and retired from Appleton Papers as a mason in 1989.
During Jesse's life the Packers won 13 world championships with dad cheering them on the entire time. The Ice Bowl was one of his proudest moments (perhaps the Packers as well). He's also an owner of the Packers and now that dad is watching from above perhaps he'll have more influence on the outcome of future games.
Jesse was a life-long member of St. John's Church in Little Chute.
Visitation will be held Monday September 24, 2012 at ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE CATHOLIC CHURCH (323 S. Pine St. Little Chute) beginning at 9:00 a.m. until time of Mass at 11:00 a.m. The Rev. Ronald Belitz will officiate. Military rites conducted by the Jacob Coppus American Legion Post 258 will immediately follow. Committal St. John Cemetery. To sign the guest book, please visit oconnellfh.com. A memorial is being established.
Our family would like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, the caring and compassionate hospice staff and volunteers including Tina, Gina, Dan, and Phil, as well as the staff at Parkside.
All who knew Jesse benefitted from his legendary storytelling. Now that he has entered eternal life he has millions more willing listeners so we know he's happy. Right now, I can hear dad talking to St. Peter; "Did I ever tell you about the time……………."
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1926 - 2012 (86 years)
