Melba (WILLEY) JACKSON

WILLEY, JACKSON, QUINN, WEBB, THOMPSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/23/2011 at 01:20:23

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, April 14, 2011

OBITUARY ~ MELBA (WILLEY) JACKSON

Melba JACKSON, 91, passed away on April 7, 2011, at the Garden Terrace in Overland Park, Kansas. A funeral service celebrating her life will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at Iles Funeral Homes-Westover Chapel with burial following at Maple Row Cemetery in Kellerton, Iowa.

Melba was born on June 14, 1919, in Mount Ayr, Iowa, to John and Agnes WILLEY. She was a long-time member of Immanuel United Methodist Church and very active in church-oriented service projects and activities.

She will be missed by her son and daughter-in-law, David and Roberta Sue JACKSON of Overland Park, Kansas; grandson, Christopher David JACKSON and fiance Rebecca QUINN of Grandview, Missouri; brother, Donald WILLEY of Creston, Iowa; and sister, Verna WEBB of Urbandale, Iowa.

Melba is preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 36 years, Albert L. JACKSON; sister, Mary THOMPSON, and brothers, Orrin, Harold and J. B. WILLEY.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 15, at Iles Funeral Homes-Westover Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the American Diabetes Association or the American Cancer Society for Research.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2011