Mabel J. Jackson, 1892-1972

JACKSON, AMDAHL

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/8/2009 at 13:19:45

Mrs. Jackson Services Set For Friday

Mrs. Charles (Mabel Josephine) 80, died at her home at 2l5 North 14th St. Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1972, at 3:54.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Estherville with the Rev. H. Allen Wirtz officiating. Burial will be made in Oak Hill Cemetery in Estherville.

She was born Jan. 3, 1892, in Marshalltown to George and Anna Sandvig Amdahl. She received her education in Marshalltown and came to Emmet County as a young girl with her parents and was confirmed in the Lost Island Lutheran Church.

On Sept. 18, 1912, at the farm home of her parents she married Charles P. Jackson. They farmed southwest of Wallingford from 1912 to 1955 when they retired and moved to their present home in Estherville. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Estherville.

Mrs. Jackson is survived by her husband, C. P. Jackson; one son, Bernard Jackson, Fort Dodge; two daughters, Mrs. G. E. (Ruby) Root, Jr., San Diego, Calif. and Mrs. Judson (Florence Jean) Jenkins of Storm Lake; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, Emmet Amdahl of Estherville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Majorie Ann, and two brothers.

Friends my call at Reese-Henry Funeral Home in Estherville until noon on Friday when the body will be taken to the church.

Contributed by: Ruth M. Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa; October 11, 1972.