Jessie Mae Meckley, 88, passed away on July 26, 2019, at her home in Naples, Fla., surrounded by family and loved ones.
She was born on Jan. 3, 1931, in Newark, Ohio. to Charles and Olga Maude Copperrider. Jessie grew up in Newark, Ohio.
She graduated from Newark High School in 1949. After high school she went to Mount Carmel School of Nursing and graduated in 1952. Jessie would later become one of the first certified operating room nurses. She worked in hospitals in both Ohio and West Virginia. She retired from Mon Health Center in Morgantown.
After retirement, she and her husband relocated to Naples, Fla. Jessie married Richard F. Meckley in 1953 in Newark, Ohio. They had been happily married for 67 years.
Jessie was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Olga Maude Cooperrider and her brother Eugene Cooperrider.
Jessie is survived by her loving husband Richard F. Meckley; her son William A. Meckley (Dreama) and daughter Sue A. Hedrick; her grandchildren Richard Hedrick and Christy Hedrick Berry (Alan); her brother-in-law David Meckley of Heath, Ohio; nephew, James Meckley (Lou); nieces, Christa Gutridge and Marcia Priest (Jeff); five great-nieces and several great-great-nieces and nephews.
