Submitted by: Dan Rich

Ambrose L. Jackson

July 21, 1919 - Feb. 17, 1998

South Bend Tribune 2/19/1998

KOONTZ LAKE - Ambrose L. Jackson, 78, of 7824 N. Tecumseh Road, Koontz Lake, Walkerton, Ind., passed away on Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Mary E. Bartz Hospice Center, Valparaiso, Ind.

Mr. Jackson was born on July 21, 1919, in Walkerton, to Lester and Nina (Horning) Jackson, and lived in the area all of his life. He was a security guard at Wells Aluminum, North Liberty, Ind., and also retired from U.S. Steel, Gary, Ind. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Navy Sea Bees, the North Liberty Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Walkerton American Legion, and was a former member of the Koontz Lake Volunteer Fire Department.

On Oct. 12, 1963, in Valparaiso, he was married to Gladys Hill, who preceded him in death on Feb. 19, 1987. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Gertrude, and by a granddaughter, Michelle.

He is survived by a daughter, Mary Leeper of Portage, Ind.; a son, Tony Jackson of American Falls, Idaho; a sister, Beatrice Drake of Tyner, Ind.; a brother, Harvey Jackson of South Bend, Ind.; and by three granddaughters and six great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. (EST) on Saturday in the Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel. Burial will be in the Grovertown Cemetery, with military graveside services being conducted by the American Legion and North Liberty VFW. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. (EST) on Friday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA Mary E. Bartz Hospice Center, Valparaiso.