Patricia Ann Maxine Kneale Garrett Jessen passed away peacefully Thursday, November 5, 2026. Private services were held at Springdale Cemetery in Clinton. The Pape Funeral Home assisted the family. Online condolences may be left at www.papefh.com
Patricia was born May 16, 1937, near Maitland, Missouri and lived in her home state the first 25 years of her life. She married Gilbert R. Garrett on May 5, 1957, in Carthage, Missouri. In June, 1970, she moved to her home on North 11th Street, Clinton, Iowa, where she lived for many happy decades. On November 3, 1972, she married Donald W. Jessen (deceased) in Morrison, Illinois.
She was employed by Mercantile Bank in Davenport, Iowa for 11 years as executive secretary to the President and CEO. Prior to that time, she worked at Howes & Jefferies Realtors in Clinton, and eight years at Harding School. She served as president of the Symphony Auxiliary for two years and was a past member and officer of Junior Women and Newcomer’s Club. She graduated from Clinton Community College where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Clinton.
She enjoyed reading, flowers, travel, and was a season ticket holder of the Iowa Hawkeyes football teams for 34 years, but the most precious things to her were her children and grandchildren.
Survivors include a son, G. Brent Garrett, of St. Joseph, Missouri; a daughter, Heather Elizabeth Garrett Dennis (the late Richard) of Davenport, Iowa; two grandsons, Matthew Dennis (Marta) and Brian Dennis; two nieces; three grand-nephews; one grand-niece and many cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilma and Leonard Kneale and brother, Dean Kneale, all of Jasper, Missouri; and a grandson, Kyle Dennis. Memorials may be sent to Pape Funeral Home in Clinton for the First United Methodist Church, Clinton, Iowa, or the Clinton Symphony Orchestra.
