Jessica Vandeusen

Jessica Lynn Vandeusen, 39, of Jackson passed away at 5:13 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2024, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

She was born Aug. 9, 1984, at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

Jessica, Jessie, Jess — everyone had their own name for her, and she lived her life to the fullest. She was the most kind-hearted soul who devoted her entire life to helping others while being the most amazing mother to Connor and Jackson.

Jessie lived to help anyone who needed it. She followed that desire and became a nurse, most recently serving as the assistant director of nursing with her work family at Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau.

More than anything, Jessie lived for her boys and would light up and beam with pride every time she spoke of them: Connor, her oldest, accepted at Mizzou, and Jackson, her superstar baseball player.

Jessica is survived by her sons, Connor and Jackson; mother, Lisa Parker; father, Tony (Molly) Russell; sister, Lacey; brother, Jake (Telitha) Sarver; grandmothers, Shirley Holler and Faye Parker; as well as Aunt Lori and Steve Devoti, Uncle Mitch Russell and Marien; nephew, Keegan; niece, Lumen; and cousins, Vince and Scout.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Shawn Vandeusen; grandfathers, Louie Ray Parker, Michael Russell and David Holler; and great-grandparents, Harold and Rhota Bays, George and Lola Mills and Ray and Esther Parker.

Jessie is loved and will always be in the hearts of her family. She will be missed, but God needed an angel in charge.

The entire family thanks the Neuro Critical Care team at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for the compassion and support they provided while caring for Jessie. The amount of dignity and respect they showed her will never be forgotten.

Please join the family at a celebration of life remembering Jessica at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Rusted Route Farms, 5739 State Highway W in Jackson. Eulogy will be at 1 p.m., with a butterfly release immediately following. Please join them for fellowship and refreshments afterward.

A GoFundMe fund page has been established to assist in her sons’ education, www.gofund.me/21a50538.