Obit: Price, Rebecca Lynn (1956 - 2019)

Transcriber: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Jesse, O’Kane, Price

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 6/17/2019

Price, Rebecca “Becky” Lynn (Jesse) (12 JUN 1956 - 14 JUN 2019)

Rebecca “Becky” Lynn (Jesse) Price, 63, died on June 14, 2019 in the town of Hill, Price County, after four and a half months battling metastatic melanoma.

There will be a visitation and funeral mass on Friday, June 28 at the Good Shepard Catholic Church in Rib Lake. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m., followed by a funeral mass and meal afterward.

Becky was born on June 12, 1956 in Sioux Falls, S.D. to Judith and William Jesse. She is the eldest of eight children and fondly remembered caring for her younger siblings as they were growing up in Madison, S.D. In 1974 she graduated from Madison, S.D. High School and entered the U.S. Army that July. While stationed in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. she met Dan and they were married on Aug. 14, 1976 in Hartford, S.D.

They then moved to Spirit where they raised three children and lived for 32 years. Becky was instrumental in forming a buying club for bulk foods in the town of Spirit. She also served as the town of Spirit treasurer for 27 years before moving to the town of Hill. In 2016 she retired from Lincoln Hills School after 26 years of employment. In her free time she enjoyed reading, gardening, playing cards, and spending time with family. Becky will be remembered for her warm smile, calm demeanor and an example of faithfulness to God and family.

Becky is survived by her husband, Dan of 42 years; her children, Melissa (Sam) of Weyerhaeuser, Kenneth (Heather) of Stevens Point and Danielle (BJ) of Marshfield; her father, William Jesse of Sioux Falls, S.D.; her grandchildren, Myrica Gale, Phillip, Joshua, Mallory, Wesley, Calvin and Rebekah; her siblings, Michael (Rose) Jesse and Mark Jesse, Barbara (John) O’Kane and Marty (Colleen) Jesse, all of Hartford, S.D., Darrell (Deb) Jesse of Dakota Dunes, S.D., Doug Jesse of Huron, S.D., and David Jesse of Humboldt, S.D.; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Becky was preceded in death by her mother, Judy.

In lieu of flowers, Becky would love for you to donate to the St. Joseph Indian School in Chamberlin, S.D. or simply do a random act of kindness to anyone, for any reason at all.