Donald Luman Jackson, age 79, loving husband of Lorraine Jackson, died at the Erie Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Saturday, January 12, 2013. Don, a Marine, served in the Korean War and went to work for Hank Starr at ECCA for many years; retiring in March of 2008. Don is survived by his wife, Lorraine, daughter, Brenda Jones (Kevin), grandchildren; Brandon, Nicholas, and Lindsay Jones, son, Donald E. Jackson (Vicki), grandchildren; Aaron and Danielle Jackson, also a twin brother, Ronald, of Meadville, Pa., brothers; Tommy and Randy Jackson and a sister, Marge Lollar of California. Don was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will always be in our hearts and will never be forgotten. The family requested that arrangements remain private. Arrangements were handled by the Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 4216 Sterrettania Rd. Anyone wishing to make a donation in Don's name may be made to John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, 130 West 8th Street, Suite 216, Erie, PA 16501.
Published in the Erie Times-News on January 14, 2013