Dawson-Custer-Keith County NeArchives Obituaries.....Jackson, Gary March 3, 2010
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Lexington Clipper-Herald March 6, 2010
Gary Jackson, 65, of Lexington,  died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at Tri-County 
Hospital in Lexington.

A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the 
Lexington Christian Church in Lexington with Pastor Kyron C. BeDunnah 
officiating.

It was Gary’s decision that his body be cremated and his family honored those 
wishes. 

There will be no visitation. 

He was born April 3, 1944, at Pierre, S.D., to Leon and Vera (Boal) Jackson. 

Gary attended school in Presho, S.D., graduating high school with the class of 
1962.  He then went on to college at Dakota Weslyan College at Mitchell, S.D., 
where he obtained his BA in education.  His first teaching job was at Lake 
Andes, S.D., where he taught science.  It was during his four-year tenure at 
Lake Andes that he obtained his masters in education administration from the 
University of South Dakota at Vermillion.  
 
He met the love of his life, Connie Sip, during his first teaching job.  He 
taught with Connie’s mother and this was where it all began.  The couple was 
married Aug.15, 1970, at Lake Andes.  Following their marriage the couple 
moved to Superior where they both taught for two years and the second year 
Gary was assistant principal.  

In 1972, they moved to Merna, Nebraska where Gary was principal at Anselmo-
Merna until 1976, when he changed professions and started working at Farm 
Bureau Insurance in Broken Bow.  In 1979, they moved to Ogallala where he was 
division manager for Farm Bureau Insurance until moving to Lexington in 1983, 
where he was agency manager and then career agent until retiring in June of 
2009. 

Gary was a member of the First Presbyterian Church where he served as Elder 
and then the Lexington Christian Church where he also served as Elder.  He was 
a member of the Waterfowlers, Life Underwriters and the Lexington Community 
Choir.  Gary also enjoyed attending the early morning Men’s Bible Study. 

He had a passion for hunting, and kept meticulous records for precision 
reloading of ammunition and marksmanship.  He enjoyed reading, gardening and 
visiting with folks from all walks of life.  He shared his faith with his 
loving Christian family and adored his granddaughters.  He loved to take his 
kids and grandkids prairie dog hunting when all had the time.  Gary will be so 
very missed. 

Survivors include his wife,  Connie Jackson of Lexington; one son, Nathan 
Jackson of Kearney; one daughter, Wendy (Aaron) Widger of Shenandoah, Iowa; 
one brother,  Larry (Sue) Jackson of Gillette, Wyo.; one sister, Jan DeGeest 
of Plankinton, S.D., and three granddaughters,  Tristin, Amy and Kaitlyn 
Widger of Shenandoah, Iowa. 

Gary was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law, Roy DeGeest.


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