TITLE:   Elmont "Monty" Elgin Jackson, Obituary, May 1, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
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Elmont E. Jackson 

CANAAN, Vt. - Elmont "Monty" Elgin Jackson, 81, died on May 1,
2001, at the Coös County Nursing Home in West Stewartstown after a
long illness. 

He was the son of Arnold and Melvina (Dawson) Jackson, born on April
28, 1920, in Bishopton, Quebec, Canada. 

He spent his early childhood years in Bishopton before moving to
Stanhope, Quebec, and then to Canaan in the early 1930s. His family
lived in the Alice Ward home (the library) before building their own
home on Gale Street. He attended grade school at Norton School and
high school at Canaan High, where he played basketball and the violin in
Lynwood Peck’s orchestra. 

He joined the Army Corps of Engineers and served as an amphibious
vehicle operator in the European theater during World War II. He
returned to Canaan from the war to take over his father’s logging
operation, finish a home, and start a family. 

He was a life member of the America Legion Post 47; a life member of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10202, Canaan; a charter member of
the Border Lions Club, and was awarded their highest award, the Melvin
Jones Fellowship Award, in 1997. He was a member of the Vermont Fish
and Wildlife Conservation group, the Averill Lakes Association and a
founding member of the Lake Wallace Association. He was an avid
gardener, hunter, trapper and fisherman. 

The family includes his wife of 60 years, Audrey (Demmell) Jackson of
Canaan; six daughters, Mrs. Vernon (Bonnie) Crawford, Connie
Trachtenberg, Mrs. Serge (Donna) Lemay, Mrs. Marc (Francine) 
Bigney, Mrs. Gerald (Gloria) Devost, and Mrs. Mario (Hylie) Marquis; a
sister, Ina Sergeant of Ottawa, Ontario; 11 grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. 

The funeral was Saturday at Grace United Methodist Church in Canaan,
with the Rev. Rodney Dobbs officiating. Burial will be in the Alice Hunt
Cemetery in Canaan. Donations may be made to the Border Lions Club,
Box 217, Canaan, VT 05903. 

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