Jay Jessen News Today

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Dan Tackett Gene Burwell’s theme song could have echoed the famous Sinatra tune’s message, “I did it my way,” according to a non-relative who considered himself to be the Lincoln man’s third son and viewed the Lincoln businessman as his second dad. That man, Jay Jessen of Chatham, describes Gene Burwell as “bigger than life.” Sadly, that life came to an end on Nov. 24 at a hospital near Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. He was 85. This column last week was a tribute to Mr. Burwell, ...