Willa "Evelyn" Jackson, 89, of Ord died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at the Valley View Living Center at Ord.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ord United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jeff Wulf officiating. Eastern Star services will be conducted by the Andrew Chapter 41 of Grand Island. Burial will be in the Ord City Cemetery. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn was born Jan. 5, 1922, at Mullen to Andrew and Anna (Hansen) Johnson.
Survivors of the immediate family include two sons and daughter-in-laws, Daniel and Karen Jackson of Norfolk and Michael and Ella Jackson of Ord; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lucille Jenkins of Gothenburg.
She was raised at Mullen and graduated from Mullen High School in 1938. After graduating from high school, she moved to Valley County and taught school at Vinton District 23, before moving to Grand Island to attend St. Francis School of Nursing. After graduating in 1944, Evelyn moved to Oklahoma City, Okla., where she was a nurse at the Veterans Hospital. She married Willard Sparks Jackson and they had two sons, Daniel and Michael. In 1957, she moved back to Ord, where she worked as an R.N. for several years.
Evelyn was passionate about her church, family and friends, traveling, music and art. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Loup Valley Porcelain Artists, Artissimos, United Methodist Women and the United Methodist Church.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Elwin and Laverne Johnson and an infant sister.
Memorials may be given to the Ord United Methodist Women or the Ord United Methodist Church Building Fund.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ord United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jeff Wulf officiating. Eastern Star services will be conducted by the Andrew Chapter 41 of Grand Island. Burial will be in the Ord City Cemetery. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn was born Jan. 5, 1922, at Mullen to Andrew and Anna (Hansen) Johnson.
Survivors of the immediate family include two sons and daughter-in-laws, Daniel and Karen Jackson of Norfolk and Michael and Ella Jackson of Ord; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lucille Jenkins of Gothenburg.
She was raised at Mullen and graduated from Mullen High School in 1938. After graduating from high school, she moved to Valley County and taught school at Vinton District 23, before moving to Grand Island to attend St. Francis School of Nursing. After graduating in 1944, Evelyn moved to Oklahoma City, Okla., where she was a nurse at the Veterans Hospital. She married Willard Sparks Jackson and they had two sons, Daniel and Michael. In 1957, she moved back to Ord, where she worked as an R.N. for several years.
Evelyn was passionate about her church, family and friends, traveling, music and art. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Loup Valley Porcelain Artists, Artissimos, United Methodist Women and the United Methodist Church.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Elwin and Laverne Johnson and an infant sister.
Memorials may be given to the Ord United Methodist Women or the Ord United Methodist Church Building Fund.
Willa "Evelyn" Jackson, 89, of Ord died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at the Valley View Living Center at Ord.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ord United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jeff Wulf officiating. Eastern Star services will be conducted by the Andrew Chapter 41 of Grand Island. Burial will be in the Ord City Cemetery. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn was born Jan. 5, 1922, at Mullen to Andrew and Anna (Hansen) Johnson.
Survivors of the immediate family include two sons and daughter-in-laws, Daniel and Karen Jackson of Norfolk and Michael and Ella Jackson of Ord; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lucille Jenkins of Gothenburg.
She was raised at Mullen and graduated from Mullen High School in 1938. After graduating from high school, she moved to Valley County and taught school at Vinton District 23, before moving to Grand Island to attend St. Francis School of Nursing. After graduating in 1944, Evelyn moved to Oklahoma City, Okla., where she was a nurse at the Veterans Hospital. She married Willard Sparks Jackson and they had two sons, Daniel and Michael. In 1957, she moved back to Ord, where she worked as an R.N. for several years.
Evelyn was passionate about her church, family and friends, traveling, music and art. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Loup Valley Porcelain Artists, Artissimos, United Methodist Women and the United Methodist Church.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Elwin and Laverne Johnson and an infant sister.
Memorials may be given to the Ord United Methodist Women or the Ord United Methodist Church Building Fund.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ord United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Jeff Wulf officiating. Eastern Star services will be conducted by the Andrew Chapter 41 of Grand Island. Burial will be in the Ord City Cemetery. Ord Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Evelyn was born Jan. 5, 1922, at Mullen to Andrew and Anna (Hansen) Johnson.
Survivors of the immediate family include two sons and daughter-in-laws, Daniel and Karen Jackson of Norfolk and Michael and Ella Jackson of Ord; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Lucille Jenkins of Gothenburg.
She was raised at Mullen and graduated from Mullen High School in 1938. After graduating from high school, she moved to Valley County and taught school at Vinton District 23, before moving to Grand Island to attend St. Francis School of Nursing. After graduating in 1944, Evelyn moved to Oklahoma City, Okla., where she was a nurse at the Veterans Hospital. She married Willard Sparks Jackson and they had two sons, Daniel and Michael. In 1957, she moved back to Ord, where she worked as an R.N. for several years.
Evelyn was passionate about her church, family and friends, traveling, music and art. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Loup Valley Porcelain Artists, Artissimos, United Methodist Women and the United Methodist Church.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Elwin and Laverne Johnson and an infant sister.
Memorials may be given to the Ord United Methodist Women or the Ord United Methodist Church Building Fund.
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