Jessie Dewey Buckley

Buckley, Jessie Dewey (Jay), of West Knoxville, born February 26, 1916 as Jessie Lillian Utley in North Adams, Massachusetts passed away Saturday, May 6, 2006. She was the daughter of Kathryn Gray (Martin) and Edward Utley, four years later becoming Jessie Dewey Vaetsch as daughter to Carl Mathew Vaetsch and her mother. She attended Brattleboro schools and Kathryn Gibbs School and later graduated from Albany Business College in 1954. She is preceded in death by son Martin Buckley and granddaughter Denise Buckley. Daughter Loren Jay Buckley; grandchildren: Sabrina and Denise Buckley; Kathryn Connor; Linda Martenet-Williams; Ronald and James Martenet; great-grandchildren: Robert and Heather Adams; Dan and Mathew Fraunfelter; Anna, Stephanie, and John Williams; Rachel Martenet; sisters Margaret Barry and Lois Miller; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Jean and Joe Hamilton; Marvel, Cab, and Lisa Burtis; Nancy Ayers; Brenda and Bob Loy; Joe George; and the Alan Cox family. The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Brakebill Nursing Home, Arbor Terrace, and Parkwest Hospital for their care. Known for her intelligence, wit, grace, and incredible clothes sense, she will be deeply missed. No local services are planned. Arrangements by Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Highway.