Emily Jackson

Emily Anne Jackson, age 71, passed away at her home in Storm Lake on Saturday, August 29, 2015. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2015, at 10:30 at All Saints Episcopal Church with Rev. Don Keeler officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Fratzke and Jensen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Emily Anne Jackson was born July 2, 1944, in Jersey City, N.J. She attended St. Patrick’s Catholic Grade School and graduated from St. Aloysius High School in 1962. She graduated from Jersey City State College (now University) and taught at St. Patrick’s Catholic School for two years. Emily taught on the Indian reservation in Busbee, Mont., for four years, then she taught in a two room classroom in Kaycee, Wyo. She had a permanent professional certificate. In 1976, she earned her masters degree in psychology from Jersey City State College. She also earned a masters at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, S.D. In 1978, Emily moved to Storm Lake where she worked as school psychologist for AEA. She touched many children and their parents with her work in area schools until her retirement. Active in the Storm Lake community, Emily helped with ARC (Association for Retarded Children), served on the Faith, Hope and Charity board, and the HAPPY (Helpers and Planners for Parents and Youth) board for which she received a volunteer award from Governor Terry Branstad. She was a caring, giving person. Emily loved to read, especially English history and American history, books about WWII and enjoyed watching history movies. She especially loved her dogs. She liked traveling with her Storm Lake friends and visiting her family and friends on the East Coast. She was known for her dry sense of humor and her independent spirit. Emily was preceded in death by her parents, Julia Pawloski Jackson and Thomas Jackson, and her brother Paul Jackson, all of New Jersey. Emily leaves to mourn her passing her sister-in-law, Carolyn Jackson of Raritan, N.J.; her nephew, Eric Jackson and his wife Emelia of Dracut, Mass. and her niece, Karen Tvedt and her husband James of Murray, Neb. and cousins Victor Skowronski of Woburn, Mass. Leo Skowronski and family of East Greenwich, R.I., Michael Mehalko of Chester, N.J., Martin Mehalko, wife of Andover, NJ and Christine Mehalko Moyer and family of Pottstown, Pa., and many friends. Memorials may be sent to TLC in Newell or the Salvation Army.

Emily Jackson

July 2, 1944 - August 29, 2015