Jackie Sue (Drake) WILLIAMSON

WILLIAMSON, DRAKE, KEMMIS, ROONEY, JONES, LENZ

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/28/2011 at 13:03:48

July 10, 1946 --- April 25, 2011

BELMOND, IA - Jackie Sue Williamson, 64, of Belmond passed away Monday, April 25, 2011, at her home of a sudden illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 29, at the United Methodist Church in Belmond. Pastor Mike Druhl will officiate. Burial will take place in the Belmond Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Dugger Funeral Home, 111 Luick'ss Lane South in Belmond and continue one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.

Jackie, the daughter of Ernest and Dorothy Kemmis Drake, was born July 10, 1946, in Battle Creek, Mich. Jackie grew up in Battle Creek where she attended school and graduated from Battle Creek Central High School in 1964. Jackie was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Joe Williamson, on Sept. 18, 1965. The couple made their home in Battle Creek, where they started a family. Jackie worked at the Cut Rate Grocery Store and ran an in-home day care. In 1983, Joe and Jackie moved to Belmond, following work for Eaton Corporation. Throughout her life, Jackie worked in various capacities. Besides caring for young children out of her home, she worked at Printing Services, Inc., in Belmond and also volunteered at the Lyric Theater. Jackie's favorite job, though, was caring for her children and grandchildren and following their activities. She enjoyed golfing, bowling, ping pong and playing cribbage. Jackie was a member of the Belmond Country Club and the United Methodist Church in Belmond.

Jackie is survived by her children, Stacy Rooney and husband Dave of Center Point: Jeff and wife Jessica of Belmond; six grandchildren, Logan, Drake, Colten, Shania, Alex and Camryn; a sister, Sandy Jones and husband Ron of Battle Creek, Mich.; brother, Jerry Drake and wife Shirley of Battle Creek, Mich.; a niece, Kelly Lenz and husband Scot of Battle Creek, Mich.; a nephew, Kurt Jones and wife Rosa of Raleigh, N.C.; and her beloved Shih-tzu, Stinky. She was preceded in death by her parents and her life-long love, husband, Joe. Dugger Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
April 28, 2011