| Delsene Linsette Cheeks |
Delsene Linsette Cheeks was born on July 18, 1956 to the late Boyd Cheeks and Bessie Marie Curry. She matriculated through the Burlington City school system and earned her high school diploma in Portland, Oregon. On March 5, 2026, following a lengthy illness, Delsene passed away at CHI Health—Saint Francis in Grand Island.
A gathering to celebrate Delsene’s life will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at Jacobsen-Greenway Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated at a later date.
Delsene devoted her life to missionary work throughout the United States and the world.
She left an indelible impact on the lives she ministered to and over the course of her years she developed close personal relationships.
We celebrate Delsene’s life and her presence of being. We will always look for Delsene in meaningful poems and stories, beautiful songs, and infectious laughter. All of these are attributes reflective of the kind of soul she was and still is in spirit.
Delsene was preceded in death by her parents, Boyd Cheeks and Bessie Marie Curry and her siblings, Boyd Cheeks, Jr. and Toni (Cheeks) Long.
Delsene leaves to cherish her memory her siblings, Vanessa (Cheeks) Harris (Fred), Bonita (Cheeks) Johnson (James), Heath L. Cheeks, and Jarrod W. Cheeks (Lakisha). The special relationship she had with her nephew and his wife, Anthony and Althea Burton. She also had a beautiful connection and relationship with Jo Ann Gibson, Sue Mathews, and Doug and Cathy Saner.
“Each day of my life, like a carousel turns.
There are chances to take and lessons to learn.
Caught up in problems that each day would bring.
Chances slip by, to catch the brass ring.
Whenever I felt my ride slowing down, Your gentle hand would push me around.
Picking me up, each time that I fell, You rode beside me on my Carousel.” By Peggy Whiting Online condolences may be directed to the family at www.jacobsengreenway. com.
The Phonograph-Herald | March 18, 2026