Priscilla Fern Hessman

Priscilla Fern Hessman was born January 5, 1940, in Arvin, California, and left us peacefully on February 15, 2025, at her home in Prague after a long battle with cancer. She grew up in the Sacramento area, and moved to Paden, OK, after her marriage to Jack Hessman in June of 1959. They lived near Paden until his death in 2006. Fern worked for many years as a medical records transcriptionist while raising four children. She was intelligent, witty and generous to a fault. She loved reading, especially mysteries and watching old mysteries on tv (and often SLEEPING to them! Charlie Chan was her favorite sleep background!). She loved dancing and music, especially Elvis! She loved seeing the beauty of the changing leaves in the fall. She loved her family and her faith and was quite certain of her place in Heaven after leaving Earth.

Fern was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; her parents, Henry Height and Wauzell Gill; her brother, David Height and her son, Theron Hessman.

Those left to cherish her memory are her three children and their spouses, Laura and Lorin Slayton of Prague, son Derek and Amy Hessman of Centerton, Arkansas and son Erik and Amy Hessman of Omak, Washington, along with her grandchildren, Sarah, Crissy, Kaden, William, Austin, Haley, Jack, and Marigold. She is also survived by her sister, Joyce Lewis of Carlsbad, New Mexico, and her special fella, David Bland, who now assumes custody of “Tiger Baby.” 

The family wishes to express our sincerest thanks to everyone who helped make her trying last few years more comfortable, including the caring nurses (especially Jolina and Gail) and clergy (Thom) at Loving Care Hospice, and Brother Tim Emmons.