Lloyd George Jackson

Thanks for all the nice comments. Thought I would post the information about the funeral and dad's obituary. Save me a little time this way. It has been a whirlwind here. I think we will collapse after it is all over....except we can't....we have to still get through graduation.

So many things are falling into place that are giving us comfort. We wanted to have a military honor guard at the cemetery to honor dad for his service in WWII. In order to have that you must have the discharge papers. Are you kidding me? Mom has been gone for 6 1/2 years....she would have been the best one to ask. The next best would have been dad. How the heck were they going to find the paperwork. Scott remembered seeing it out in the office in the filing cabinet a few years ago. They started there. Not a military paper in sight! Went through the legal documents in the house. They couldn't find it and Scott was really sad about that. They gave up. Scott walked in and looked around in dads bedroom and had some memories....and he saw an envelope.....opened it up.....and DISCHARGE PAPERS! So, dad will be properly honored for his service in the United States Navy. It has brought us great comfort.

I just returned from the funeral home where Scott and his brother Tom dressed dad. He looks so much younger. He was pretty beat up from all the falls and the struggle he had the four days before he passed. He look amazing. He even has a smirk on his face.....just the way I remember him. He was quite the prankster.

August 14, 1917 - May 28, 2009Obituary: Lloyd George Jackson, 91, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2009. He was born in Sutherland, Utah on August 14, 1917 to George and Rhoda Jackson. He was married to Melba Robinson on January 23, 1945. Lloyd enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1940 and served in the South Pacific during WWII. In 1951, Lloyd and Melba moved from Delta, Utah to Moses Lake, Washington. He founded and operated Jackson Electric and worked as an electrical contractor for over 40 years. Lloyd was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in numerous church positions throughout his lifetime, including twice as a Bishop in Moses Lake. He had a great love and concern for children, his own and any he would happen to greet at church or around town. They returned that love for him and he was highly regarded as a grandpa to more than just his own grandchildren. He spent his free time riding mules, working in his garden, and taking care of others' needs. Lloyd is survived by his children David and Sharon (Widdison), Susan Pahl, Bina Jean and Charles Virgin, Robert and Kim (Breuninger), James and Cindy (Carpenter), Thomas and M'Lee (Holmes), and Paul Scott and Chandra (King); 26 grandchildren, and many great-grandchildren. Those preceding Lloyd in death are his parents, George and Rhoda Jackson, his beloved wife, Melba, and his eight brothers and sisters. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, June 1st at the Moses Lake LDS Stake Center on Division Street. The family will greet friends at Kayser's Chapel of Memories on Sunday, May 31st from 4:00-6:00 p.m. and also at the church on Monday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation be made to your favorite children's charity in Lloyd's memory. Visitations: 4:00PM to 6:00PM on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 at Kayser's Chapel of Memories (map/driving directions)9:00AM to 9:45AM on Monday, June 1st, 2009 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Stake CenterServices: 10:00AM at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Stake Center on Monday, June 1st, 2009