Fred Eugene Jackson (2011)

CARTER, COVERDELL, JACKSON, KRAMER

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:04

Bethany Memorial Chapel Funeral Home
Bethany, Missouri

Fred was born November 10, 1936 in Kansas City, Kansas, son of Fred Jefferson and Stella Marie (Coverdell) Jackson. Fred was a 1954 Northeast High School graduate in Kansas City, Mo., and a member of the Belmont Christian Church in Kansas City. He retired from the Glenwood State Hospital School in Glenwood, Iowa in 2000, as a member of the State Union Local 2991. Fred said working with the special needs was the best job he could have asked for. Fishing, dancing and a pickin were just some of the loves’ of his life. He always said he was a jack of all trades and a MASTER of none. Fred could always put a smile on everyone’s face with jokes and pranks. Sitting by a fire, cooking a hot dog with brother and sister-in-law from Iowa was a treasured moment for him. He might have told a few stories along the way and of course one or two might have stretched the truth.

Survivors include his wife, Diane, sons: Jeff, who has taken leave from the military to help care for his beloved father; Harold “Pete” Coverdell, who is on his third tour of duty, and his wife Connie, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Jerry (Anita) Jackson, Kansas City; daughter’s Terri Kramer, Bethany, Kathy (Bob) Carter, Weatherby Lake, MO., Patti Jackson, Kansas City.

Services were Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Memorial Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Ted Ridenour officiating. Inurnment at Penn Center cemetery.