MARTHA MAE JESSOP
Martha Mae Jessop, age 90, of Connersville, passed away on August 20, 2022, at Reid Health in Connersville. She was born on August 31, 1931, in Blooming Grove, one of nine children of Perry and Elsie Ball Glisson.
Martha Mae graduated from Brookville High School. She went on to work at KDI in Cincinnati. She also worked at Visteon and predecessors and worked in home health. She was a longtime member of the Republican Committee where she held several positions.
She was known as a jokester. She loved telling jokes. Martha enjoyed doing crafts, crocheting, sewing, working in flower gardens, taking long walks and mushroom hunting. Above all she loved spending time with her family.
Those that she leaves behind to cherish her love and memories include her son, Ron (Maria) Sieber; grandchildren, Desiree (Jared) Glaub, Chelsea (Devin) Hawkins, Ronna (Keith Griffee) Sieber, Kenny (Jennifer) Sieber and Bradley (Shannon) Sieber. She will be thought of often by her great grandchildren, Taegan and Kyndal Glaub, Trevor and Lillian Hawkins, Bentley Frye, Marley Griffee, Easton and Austin Sieber and Bryson Sieber, as well as several nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she is preceded in death by her son, Kenneth Sieber, former husband, Clarence Sieber; brothers, James Lewis Glisson, William “Bill” Glisson, Otis Sherman Glisson, Ivan Richard Glisson, and Leonard Alvin Glisson; and sisters, Rosella Dunn, Bonnie Wessler and Betty Glisson.
Friends and family may gather at Urban Winkler Funeral Home on Friday August 26, 2022, from 11 am until the time of the service at 1 pm with Martha’s nephew, Jerry Glisson officiating. Burial will follow at Lick Creek Cemetery.