Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jackson, Edith 1951
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Lake Odessa Wave, 5 Jul 1951

Mrs. Edith Jackson, 76, widow of Fred Jackson was killed about noon Friday when 
struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio west bound freight train at the First St. 
crossing east of the Kroger store.  Stanley Dudek of Grand Rapids, engineer, 
said the train was on an upgrade and traveling about 30 miles an hour at the 
time of the accident.  The impact of the crash threw her body 63 ft.

The accident was investigated by Deputy Clarence Aldrich of Lake Odessa and 
undersheriff Peter VanVleck of Ionia with Dale Kauffman as coroner.

Mrs. Jackson apparently failed to hear or see the train until close by and then 
started running across the track according to eye witnesses, Albert Reahm, who 
was on his way home from work and was near the Kroger Store and Cecil Torrey 
and Gerald Heaven of Clarksville C & O employees who were near the section 
house.

A coroners jury impaneled includes Orville Decker, Wayne Chase, Floyd 
Piercefield, Duane Gray, Robert Cobb and Harold Nielsen.

Ionia was called for clearance orders for the train to proceed.

Mrs. Jackson was born in Orleans township but had lived most of her life in 
this vicinity with exception of few years spent north.  She had resided west of 
town on a farm before coming to town after the death of her husband who passed 
away March 26?, 1944.

Surviving are three sons, Clyde, of Lake Odessa; Lloyd of Los Angeles, Calif.; 
Judd of Lansing; ten grandchildren and one great grand child.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Pickens chapel with burial 
in Lakeside cemetery.  Rev. F.E. Mohr officiated.


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