Obituaries
Ollie Toledo Jackson 1918 - 2005 Independence, Kan.
Funeral services for Ollie Toledo Jackson, 86, Independence, will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Timmons Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be at the Fredonia City Cemetery.Mrs. Jackson died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Heatherwood Estates in Independence.She was born Sept. 7, 1918, in Boynton, Okla., the daughter of William and Bessie Mondy. She graduated from North High School in Wichita and spent 21 years employed at St. Margaret's Mercy Hospital in Fredonia as a nurse's aide.She married Theodore Jackson in 1936 in Wichita. He died in 1971.Survivors include three daughters, Mirma Jean Anderson, Fredonia, Nanette Bradley, Independence, and LaDonna Jackson-Martinez, Wichita; six sons, William L. Jackson, Richmond, Calif., Tom C. Jackson, Lawrence, Gerald L. Jackson, Oakland, Calif., Theodore Ray Jackson, Valley Center, Theron D. Jackson, Pittsburg, and Marlon D. Jackson, Burlingame; 29 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren.Friends may call from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at Timmons Funeral Home, and from 9 a.m. to noon Monday.The family suggests memorial contributions to the Heatherwood Estates Activity Fund, in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 168, Fredonia 66736.
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