JettLee James Potratz

   Heaven’s gain was our loss when our angel was called by our Lord.  JettLee James Potratz, infant son of Jeffrey James Potratz and Samantha Jo Mesner, came into this world too soon and was taken too soon.  He was stillborn on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.

   Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2019, at Riverside United Methodist Church, 617 Wright Avenue, in Sioux City with Reverend Merrill Muller officiating.  Burial will follow at McCook Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Following services at the cemetery, there will be a time of fellowship at Jim’s I-29 Lounge in North Sioux City, SD.  Online condolences may be expressed at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

   JettLee leaves behind his family that will always love him: parents, Jeffrey James Potratz and Samantha Jo Mesner of North Sioux City, SD; maternal grandparents: Matthew Lee and Melissa Mesner of Cushing, IA and Jenny Bailey of North Sioux City, SD; paternal grandparents: James Lee Potratz and Laverna Alvina Urben of North Sioux City, SD; great grandparents: Beverly and Burton Mason of Elk Point, SD and Sally Powell of Sioux City, IA; great-great grandparents: Lyle Mason of Elk Point, SD, Barbara and Cliff Hansen of Le Mars, IA and Dorothy Gruis of North Sioux City, SD; aunts and uncles: Sebastian Mesner, Brandi Harmon (Keaton Huseman), Skylar Mesner, Syrus Mesner, Emma Webb, Jennifer and Chad Carter, Kayla Potratz (Ryan Beach) and Korey Potratz (Shanice Connell); cousins: Celsey Carter, Boston Beach, Houston Beach, Drelynn Connell and Daxton Potratz.

   JettLee is being greeted in Heaven by his great grandparents: Wally and Sally Hart and La Vern and Mary Selma Urben; great-great grandparents: Hazel Mason, Merle Gruis and Herman Miller; and great aunts: May Urben, Shirley Harp and Mary Urben.

   “Dearest baby, please know that our greatest blessing was having you.”