JESSEN, Frederick William

Prescott Evening Courier, Prescott, Arizona Friday, April 12, 1929, p. 1.1 Injuries Fatal To Fred Jessen Fred W. Jessen, driver of the car that was crowded off of the Prescott - Jerome highway in Lonesome valley on the night of March 16 by a motorist 'in a big car' who did not stop to help him out of the wreckage of his car, died in Mercy hospital at 6:55 p.m. yesterday from internal injuries he had sustained. Although he was suffering agonies, he was conscious and had been talking with his son, Richard Jessen, his physical, and his private nurse up until a short time before the end came. He was 54 years old. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Alfred W. Nichols in the Lester Ruffner chapel on South Cortez street at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery. Fred Jessen was born in Humboldt county, California on September 11, 1873. When only two years old he removed to Yavapai county with his parents and had lived in Prescott and other parts of the county 52 years. Upon arriving at maturity, he became engaged in the cattle raising business. Later, for a period of eight years, he was connected with the Voge wholesale liquor house here, for another eight years he was employed in the second-hand store of J. L. Gardner, and later still did carpenter work - a trade that he was following at the time of the accident. For several years Mr. Jessen had been a member of the Fraternal Brotherhood, an insurance lodge, and was in good standing at his death. He also had been a supporter of the Episcopal church. For a period after he had been taken to Mercy hospital for treatment, it seemed he was improving and his life in no immediate danger. A long convalescence, however, was expected. Several days ago, he took a turn for the worse, which gave a host of friends and his relatives an opportunity to prepare for the worse. Surviving and mourning his loss are Mrs. May Jessen, his wife, Richard Jessen, 24, his son, Mrs. Grace Halliburton, his daughter, all of 116 North Granite street, and Charles Jessen, a brother, who arrived here shortly after the accident from his home in San Francisco and who will remain over for the funeral rites. It has been impossible to get trace of the motorist who crowded Mr. Jessen off the road, because he was alone at the time and injured, too busy to take note of the other car except that it was a large one. Two Whipple patients happened along a few minutes after the Jessen car had turned over twice and brought him to his home and remained until a physician had been summoned.