Jessie M. Willhoite, age 107, of Mitchell, SD died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Firesteel Healthcare Center. Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the Will Funeral Chapel with burial at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Saturday at the Will Funeral Chapel. Jessie Cottingham, daughter of Perren and Jessie Myrtle (Frost) Cottingham, was born August 23, 1905 in Sisseton, SD. She graduated from Sisseton High School in 1925, and then graduated from the Methodist School of Nursing in 1928. Jessie was employed as a nurse at the Methodist Hospital in Mitchell and later was the health nurse at the School of Nursing in Mitchell. She retired in 1975 at the age of 70. Jessie was united in marriage with Vernon Willhoite on April 2, 1940 in Mitchell, SD. She was a member of the Mitchell Christian Church. Grateful for having shared her life are her daughter-in-law, Paula Cottingham, Sioux City, IA; two grandchildren, Robert (Tamara) Cottingham, Sioux City, IA, Catherine (Lowell) Moore, Denver, CO; five great grandchildren, Joel (Brandi) Kloppel, Ft. Lewis, WA, Jordan (Cathy) Kloppel, Westminister, CO, Jessica (Michael) Hardwicke, Colorado Springs, CO, Shay Cottingham, Sioux City, IA, Robert Cottingham IV, Avondale, AZ; three great great grandchildren, Elise Kloppel, Westminister, CO, Nyssa Kloppel, Ft. Lewis, WA, Lyric Wagner, Sioux City, IA; a special nephew, Clyde (Alice) Lehman, Mitchell, SD; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon; her son, Robert; her parents; two sisters, Ruth Simmons and Bertha Kingsley; five brothers, Robert, Phillip, Perren, Frank and Jim.