Person:Kenneth Jackson (10)

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Kenneth DeWitt Jackson
b.8 Feb 1921 Columbia City, Whitley Co., Indiana, United States
d.2 Sep 2007 Buffalo, Johnson Co., Wyoming, United States
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m. 18 Mar 1919
  1. Kenneth DeWitt Jackson1921 - 2007
  2. Martha Agnes Jackson1924 - 2006
  3. Benjamin 'Paul' Jackson1928 - 1985
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m. 1948
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Facts and Events
Name Kenneth DeWitt Jackson
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 8 Feb 1921 Columbia City, Whitley Co., Indiana, United States
Marriage 1948 Yuma, Yuma Co., Arizona, United Statesto Marjorie Kathleen Burke
Residence[5] 2007 Whitley Co., Indiana, United States
Death[2] 2 Sep 2007 Buffalo, Johnson Co., Wyoming, United States
Burial[3][4] Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Big Horn Co., Montana, United States

Obit contributed by Jerry Jackson. It is also published at the online version of Buffalo Bulletin http://www.buffalobulletin.com/cms/news/story-329174.html

KENNETH DEWITT JACKSON Graveside services for Kenneth Dewitt Jackson, 86, formerly of Gillette, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Little Big Horn National Cemetery in Crow Agency, Mont., with the Rev. Fabian Fehring officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Adams Funeral Home in Buffalo.

Mr. Jackson, of Banner, died Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007, at the Johnson County Health Care Center in Buffalo. He was born Feb. 8, 1921, in Columbia City, Ind., to Heber and Susie Jackson, where he grew up and graduated from Columbia City High School in 1939. In December 1942, he joined the U.S. Army and served in the Rhineland and Central Europe during World War II, where he was awarded two Bronze Stars. After an honorable discharge, he returned to Indiana.

In 1948, he married Marjorie Burke in Yuma, Ariz., and they eventually made their home in Gillette, where he worked for the U.S. Postal Service. His wife died in September 1968 and he continued living in Gillette. He lived in Longmont, Colo., for a short time before moving back to Gillette. After his retirement in 1982, he built a house in Banner. He finished the house in 1984 and continued to live there until his death. He was a member of the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He was an avid woodworker and cabinet maker. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time in the mountains.

Mr. Jackson is survived by two sons, Burke Jackson of Cheyenne and Jerry Jackson of Grand Junction, Colo.; one daughter, Sharon Mathews of Green Cove Springs, Fla.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one sister, Martha; and one brother, Benjamin. Donations may be made in his memory to the Fort Phil Kearney Museum in care of Adams Funeral Home, 351 N. Adams, Buffalo, WY 82834.

Find-a-Grave Memorial# 36785184 Gravestone inscription: KENNETH DEWITT JACKSON CPL US ARMY WORLD WAR II Feb 8 1921 Sep 2 2007

Jerry, his son, states "Dad was also married and divorced two more times before his death. Neither marriage resulted in children. I don't have many details."

References
  1. ↑ Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951)
    325, 327.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obituary
    2007.
  3. ↑ Email from Jerry Jackson, Park City, Utah Jackpark add the at aol add the dot com.
  4. ↑ Find A Grave
    Memorial# 36785184.
  5. ↑ Obituary.
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