Funeral services will be held on Friday December 22, 2017, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the family to be used at a later date. For condolences please visit www.Mitchellfh.com or call 641-844-1234.

Jessie leaves behind his 5 children: Onawa (Jeremy) Maas, of Austin, MN; DonNella Freland (Chris Krall), of Iowa City, IA; Jessie Freland (Heather Snyder), of Marshalltown, IA; Luke Freland, of Stillwater, MN; and Stormy (Matt) Falkner, of Olin, IA; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He is also survived by 8 siblings: DeanNa (Scott) Wilson, LaWana (John) Frohwein, Yancy Freland, Dale Freland, Samantha (Thomas) Olson, Lucinda (Tom) Fisher, Teresa (Russ) Ewalt and Evon (Larry) Nichols; stepmother, Jean Freland; and stepfather Steve Toensfeldt.