JULIA JACKSON Kerhonkson, New York Julia Jackson of Kerhonkson, a file clerk with Pilot Industries in Ellenville and part-time clerk with MacDonald's of Ellenville, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2001, at home. She was 58. The daughter of the late Alfred and Anna May Hennebe Austin, she was born Nov. 6, 1942, in Jersey City, N.J. She was the widow of John Jackson Sr., who died Feb. 26, 2000. Mrs. Jackson was a communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church; life member of the Pioneer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary; board member of the Kerhonkson Drum and Bugle Corps; and the Miss Happs Bowling Team. A family statement read: "She was an outstanding mom and mother-in-law. She will be greatly missed by us all." Survivors include three daughters, Bertha Donohue and her husband, Troy of Napanoch, Debra VonRonn and her husband, Ray of Walker Valley and Linda Stephens and her husband, Stephen of Accord; seven sisters, Patricia May and Joel DeStefano, both of New Jersey, Joan Tohler of Wurtsboro, Judy Froehlich of PA, Jackie MacEntee of Liberty, June Finkle of Livingston Manor and Jennifer Startup of Kerhonkson; four brothers, Lawrence Austin of White Sulpher, Jerry Austin of Hawket, Alfred Austin of NC and Lem Austin of Loch Sheldrake; 10 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8, at the H.B. Humiston Funeral Home, 30 Forty Second St., Kerhonkson. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9, at the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Monsignor Robert Hickey will officiate. Inurnment will take place in Pine Bush Cemetery, Kerhonkson, at the discretion of the family.
