Givin DeVere Jackson (1959)

ANDERSON, HUGHES, JACKSON, PETERSON, WALTERS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 4/2/2006 at 17:30:46

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
March 4, 1959

DeVERE JACKSON Of Earlham Dies

DeVere Jackson, a prominent, life-long resident of the Earlham community, died Feb. 17, 1959, at his home there. He was 71 years of age.

Mr. Jackson was born near Earlham, Dec. 9, 1887, a son of Charles and Julia Jackson. He attended school in Penn township and in Earlham, and graduated from the Earlham academy with the class of 1907. He had been a member of the First Presbyterian church in Earlham since young manhood.

He was married May 7, 1913 to Gertrude Peterson. They moved to the North Branch stock farm south of Earlham, which has remained their family home.

Mr. Jackson was widely known as a livestock feeder, and was active in the Earlham Lions club.

Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Charlene Walters of Hillsdale, Mich., and Opal M. Jackson of Washington, D.C.; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services were held from the Earlham Presbyterian church with burial in the Earlham cemetery.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
February, 1959

OBITUARY

Givin DeVere Jackson, only child of Charles and Julia Jackson, was born December 9, 1887, near Earlham, on the farm where the Willard Parkinson family now reside. He departed this life February 17, 1959, at the age of 71 years, two months, eight days.

While a small child, the family including an uncle by the name of Harve Jackson, moved to the place where the Dale Mills family now live. He attended school at Penn township No. 6, later the grade school in Earlham, and graduated from the Earlham Academy in the Commercial Class of 1907. When a young man he joined the First Presbyterian Church in Earlham.

He was united in marriage to Gertrude Christine Peterson on May 7, 1913. They moved to the North Branch Stock Farm one mile south of Earlham, which has remained the family home.

DeVere and his father were pioneers in feeding calves for market, and had exhibited their livestock at the International Livestock Expositions in Chicago. He maintained this interest in livestock throughout his life.

He was a faithful and active member of his church. For many years he assumed the responsibility of the office of a trustee and later as a ruling elder.

He was also an active member of the Earlham Lion’s Club, and was interested in the development of community youth projects, contributing in many ways.

When he became less active in farming, and because he was a lover of nature, he spent much of his time raising flowers for his own and his friends enjoyment.

He is survived by his wife, Gertrude; two daughters, Mrs. Charlene Walters of Hillsdale, Michigan, and Opal Marie Jackson of Washington, De. C.; four grandchildren; two aunts, Mrs. Margaret Anderson, age 98 years, and Mrs. Nan Hughes age 96 years of Kechi, Kansas; and countless friends.

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