- Date Of Birth: April 5, 1918
- Date Of Death: July 5, 2014
- State: Illinois
Mabel J. (Peck) Jackson, 96, of Ottawa, died July 5, 2014 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
Mabel was born on April 5, 1918 in Farm Ridge Township, to Fred and Bessie (Griffith) Peck. She worked as a nurse at Ryburn King Hospital for a number of years. Mabel married John Evans Jackson on June 26, 1942 at St. Andrews Church in Farm Ridge Township. She was a member of St. Andrews in the Fields Chapel, where she served as the organist for over 25 years. Mabel was also a member of St. Andrews Ladies Guild, American Legion Auxiliary, and Mary E. Chapter O.E.S.
She is survived by 4 children, John (Carol) Jackson, Elizabeth Rice, Richard (Cindy) Jackson and Brian (Julie) Jackson, all of Ottawa, 10 grandchildren; Ronald Patrick Jackson, Robert Joseph Jackson, Tami Kay McQuilkin, John David Jackson, Amy Elizabeth Rice, Michele Renee Doerr, Michael Richard Jackson, Joseph Brian Jackson, Andrew James Jackson and Carly Anne Jackson, 18 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband on October 1, 1963, 2 sisters, Virginia Kimes and Bessie Arbogast,7 brothers; Frederick, Frank, Herbert, Leonard, Robert, Henry and David Peck, and one great grandchild. Pallbearers will be: Joe, Andy, Michael, Bob, Pat and John Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be: Shea Jackson, Lewis Doerr and Kevin McQuilkin.
