Jessica Jessen Gardner

Jessica Jessen Gardner, 18, of Oak Grove, MO passed away Saturday, October 18, 2003. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, October 23, 2003 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, burial in Oak Ridge Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the Grain Valley Choir and Drama Department or The Special Olympics. Jessica was born February 20, 1985 in Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Grain Valley High School in 2003. Jessica was a charter member of SADD, Future Teachers of America, Singers, and she volunteered with the Special Olympics. Jessica was a good sister and role model, and she had a strong faith in God. Jessica is preceded in death by her grandfather Jim Jessen, and her grandmother, Norma Jean Gardner. She is survived by her mother, Tracy Enke and husband Tim; Oak Grove, MO; father Kenneth Gardner and wife Patti; Overland Park, KS; brother Josh Enke and wife Beth, Blue Springs, MO; sister, Dawnell Domsch, and husband Andy, Leesville, LA; brother Shelby Enke, Oak Grove, MO; sister, Julie Klinko, Overland Park, KS; two nephews, Noah and Nathan Enke, Blue Springs, MO; grandmother, Pauline Jessen, Independence, MO; grandfather, Patrick W. Gardner, Warsaw, MO; grandparents, Lloyd and Shirley Enke, Independence, MO; grandmother, Patsy Spratt, Stilwell, KS; 6 aunts, Chris Volmer and husband Randy, Kansas City, MO; Cheryl Hogan and husband Dan, Boulder, CO; Yvonne Howell and her husband Bob, Columbia, MO; Patty Duley, and husband Bill, Independence, MO; Janet Knoche and husband Don, Overland Park, KS; Debra Handschin, and husband Bruce, Oak Grove, MO three uncles, Billy Gardner and fianc� Tina, Kansas City, MO; Mark Enke, and wife Robin, Olathe, KS; Matt Enke, and wife Rhonda, Independence, MO; and cousins Brice and Julia Hogan, Boulder, CO.