Rae June Jesse, 92, of Mexico, passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025, at Heritage Hall in Centralia, Missouri.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Arnold Funeral Home. Burial will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park.  Rev. Randy Jones will be officiating the service.

Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to time of service on Saturday, December 6, at the funeral home.

Born on June 29, 1933 in Monroe County, Mo. to Elkin and Leta Booth. She grew up on a farm near Stoutsville and graduated from Paris High School.

After high school she moved to Mexico and worked at Southwestern Bell as an operator. It was in Mexico that she met her future husband, John B. Jesse. They were married in 1954 and had two sons, Mike and Mark.

After leaving Southwestern Bell, she devoted many years to working as a sales clerk at JCPenney before retiring. She and her husband, John, were proud charter members of Kentucky Road Christian Church, where she found joy in fellowship and service. Known for her generous spirit, she loved helping others and spent countless hours volunteering in her community. A gifted, self-taught artisan, she mastered numerous crafts, creating beautiful works in basket weaving, gourd painting, wood burning, loom weaving, and the restoration of antique trunks. She also had a lifelong love for cats and cherished the many feline companions who shared her home over the years.

She is survived by two sons, Mike Jesse and his wife Debbie of Manchester, Mo. and Mark Jesse and his wife, Janet of Glenwood Springs, Co. Additionally, she is survived by two cousins, Pat Hannah and Nadine Young.

Rae was preceded in death by her husband, John, a stillborn son, James, a brother, Elkin Bright Booth and a niece Peggy.

The family requests memorial donations be made to MASTERS (Highway Patrol) or Kentucky Road Christian Church. Memorials may be sent in care of Arnold Funeral Home, 425 S. Jefferson, Mexico, MO 65265.

Online condolences may be left at www.arnoldfh.com