JACKSON, LeRoy 1923 - 2008

JACKSON, JACOBSON, KELLY, KOZISEK, KRAFT, STOECKEL, WAAGE

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 12/17/2013 at 00:09:18

MASON CITY GLOBE GAZETTE
MASON CITY, IOWA
LEROY “RED” JACKSON SR.

CLEAR LAKE - LeRoy "Red" Jackson Sr., 85, 215 S. Third St. Apt. 1., Clear Lake, died Thursday (Nov. 6, 2008). He passed away at home surrounded by his children under hospice care.

A visitation with family will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Saturday, Nov. 8, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St. Clear Lake. According to his wishes, his body has been cremated. Memorials may be given to the LeRoy Jackson Memorial Fund.

LeRoy (Red) was born March 31, 1923, in Kanawha, the son of Lewis and Selma (Jacobson) Jackson. Following graduation from Kanawha High School, he entered the Navy in 1942 during World War II. He married Marie Kelly in 1945 in New Jersey.

After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he returned to work in Kanawha. Red later formed Jackson Brothers Construction Co. They moved to California in 1978 to work construction with his oldest son.

Red returned to Iowa and retired in Clear Lake in 1989. He joined the Clear Lake VFW. He enjoyed his daily huckly buck card game at Elly's, Thursday night poker with his friends and Wednesday night pool league where he quickly became known for making the 8-ball on the break 15 times.

Red had a great ability for making friends where ever he was. He really enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and always gave them a two-dollar bill.

Red is survived by Marie Jackson of Clear Lake; six children, Sandy Jackson of Pearblossom, Calif., Dan Jackson and his wife, Vicki, of Clear Lake, Kelly Jackson and his wife, Nelda, of Garner, Matt Jackson of Little Rock, Calif., Joseph Jackson and his wife, Kay, of New Baden, Ill., and Maureen Kozisek and her husband, Kevin, of Garner; sisters, Marian Kraft of Kanawha, Luetta Stoeckel of Barnegat, N.J., Vivian Waage of Goodell; brothers, Lewis Jackson Jr. and his wife, Ethelene, of Kanawha, Paul Jackson and his wife, Kaye, of Kanawha; and sister-in-law, Fern Jackson of Richland Center, Wis.; 20 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Red was preceded in death by parents, brothers, Stanley and Alvin Jackson; brothers-in-law, Fritz Waage, Kenneth Kraft and Jack Stoeckel; son, Charles Jackson; and grandson, Travis Jackson.