LeRoy "Red" JACKSON, Sr.

JACKSON, JACOBSON, KELLY, KOZISEK, KRAFT, STOECKEL, WAAGE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/28/2009 at 10:53:34

Clear Lake Mirror Reporter
November 6, 2008

LeRoy (Red) Jackson Sr., 85, of 215 S. 3rd St., Apt. 1, Clear Lake, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008. He passed away at home surrounded by his children under the care of Hospice. A visitation with family was held Saturday, Nov. 8, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake. According to his wishes, his body has been cremated. Memorials may be given to the LeRoy Jackson Memorial Fund.

LeRoy (Red) was born March 31, 1923 in Kanawha, Iowa, the son of Lewis and Selma (Jacobson) Jackson. Following graduation from Kanawha High School, he entered the Navy in 1942 during WWII. He married Marie Kelly in 1945 in New Jersey. After an honorable discharge from the Navy, he returned to work in Kanawha. Red later formed Jackson Brothers Construction Company. They moved to California in 1978 to work construction with his oldest son. Red returned to Iowa and retired in Clear Lake in 1989. He joined the Clear Lake V.F.W. He enjoyed his daily Huckly Buck card game at Elly’s, Thursday night poker with his friends and Wednesday night pool league where he quickly became known for making the 8 ball on the break 15 times. Red had a great ability for making friends where ever he was. He really enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and always gave them a two-dollar bill.

Red is survived by Marie Jackson, Clear Lake; six children, Sandy Jackson, Pearblossom, Calif., Dan Jackson and his wife, Vicki, Clear Lake, Kelly Jackson and his wife, Nelda, Garner, Iowa, Matt Jackson, Little Rock, Calif., Joseph Jackson and his wife, Kay, New Baden, Ill., and Maureen Kozisek and her husband, Kevin, Garner; sisters, Marian Kraft, Kanawha, Iowa, Luetta Stoeckel, Barnegat, N.J., Vivian Waage, Goodell, Iowa; brothers, Lewis Jackson Jr. and his wife, Ethelene, Kanawha, Paul Jackson and his wife, Kaye, Kanawha, and sister-in-law, Fern Jackson, Richland Center, Wis.; 20 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Red was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Stanley and Alvin Jackson; brother-in-law, Fritz Waage, Kenneth Kraft and Jack Stoeckel; son, Charles Jackson; and grandson, Travis Jackson.