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Jessen Funeral Home provides
Personal Service
The Jessen Family
Whiteland Chapel
Whiteland Lobby
Trafalgar Chapel
Trafalgar Lobby
Franklin Chapel
Franklin Lounge
Continued from Front Pageness as
Gorsline Brothers
.
In 1925, Ray and Claude
bought the firm of
Wood
& Peck Funeral Home
in Lansing, MI. Both
firms also operated am-
bulance services. In 1928,
their brother,
D. Howard
Gorsline,
joined the firm.
Ray Gorsline was elected In-
gham County Coroner in
1928 and held the office un-
til his death in 1955.
John’s father earned a
Bachelor’s Degree in Mor-
tuary Science from Wayne
State University, and in
1951 John’s parents,
Doyle
and
Gwen Jessen
, bought
their first funeral home in
Hillsdale, MI. In 1959,
they decided to build a
new funeral home on the
west side of Lansing, which
was sold in 1976.
John realized he want-
ed to be a funeral direc-
tor in 1992 and set out to
achieve that goal. He grad-
uated from
Worsham Col-
lege of Mortuary Science
in
Wheeling, IL in 1994. Af-
ter working at a funeral
home in Indianapolis, IN,
John and Suellen decided
to build their own funer-
al home. In 1999, Jessen
Funeral Home opened in
Whiteland, IN. They add-
ed the
Franklin Chapel
in
2005, followed by the
Tra-
falgar Chapel
in 2013.
Jessen Funeral Home
is “dedicated to person-
al family service.” A fire-
place in a large open lob-
by area welcomes families
and friends. They also have
a children’s room with toys
and a comfortable rock-
er. “We feel that it is im-
portant that children be
with their families during
the death of a loved one,”
said Jessen. The main cha-
pel has seating for up to
200, and features a family
room. Their smaller chapel
seats around 80. The fam-
ily lounge provides a large kitchen area for
coffee and food.
“Four generations of my family have
owned funeral homes, so the tradition of
serving is deeply rooted. My family’s phi-
losophy of service is simple:
personal fam-
ily service
,” said Jessen. “This philosophy
has been cultivated over 100 years of fam-
ily funeral service, knowledge and history.
We strive to provide funerals with dignity,
loyalty and personal service with reason-
able and affordable service options.”