Jesse Rolin Walbridge

Jesse R. Walbridge, age 83, of Ottawa, Kansas, died Monday, March 10, 2003, at Village Manor Nursing Home in Ottawa. He has lived in Ottawa thirty-five years. He grew up in McClouth, Kansas, and also lived in Lawrence, Kansas. Jesse graduated from McClouth High School with the class of 1937. He was a lifelong plumber, working at the University of Kansas in Lawrence five years in the 1980's, where he was named employee of the year 1983. In the 1970's, he worked for Browning Plumbing in Olathe ten years. He was also a lifelong farmer in Franklin and Douglas Counties. Jesse served in the United States Army in the late 1930's. Jesse has spent the last twenty-seven years with his wife, Susie Thomas. SERVICES: Graveside services will be held at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 14, 2003. OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. William Weber. IN STATE: Mr. Walbridge will lie in state at the Dengel & Son Mortuary after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday to the service hour. CEMETERY: Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas.