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Indianapolis - Diana Harvey Jackson, 90, Indianapolis, passed away May 9, 2020. She was born in Racine, Wisconsin to Thomas Guille Harvey, Sr. and Gracia Scott Harvey. She graduated from Shortridge High School and Butler University. At Butler, she was a Delta Delta Delta, and remained friends with her sorority sisters for the rest of her life.
Diana taught grammar, composition and literature at Broad Ripple High School, IUPUI, and Butler University. She worked as an editor-proofreader at Eli Lilly & Company, the Indiana State Senate and the IU Medical Center. She deployed that same talent for detail at the Commission for Downtown, checking names and locations for 4,500 personalized bricks laid around Monument Circle. She was docent of the Clowes Collection, when it was housed at Westerley, before it was moved to the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Diana was a life-long learner. Her special interests were Asian art, classical music, armchair travel, and horses. She was active in the Asian Art Society, the Ensemble Music Society, the Indianapolis Woman's Club and Fortnightly Literary Club (President 1975-76).
She is survived by her sons Craig Jackson (George Hekimian) of Whittier, CA; and Scott Jackson (Ann) of Shelbyville; grandchildren Heather Jackson, Sally (Cody) Roy, and Joseph Jackson (Nick Butoi); and great granddaughter Allison Roy. She is also survived by her brother, Thomas Guille Harvey, Jr. (Ann) and her dear friend, Cathy Gibson of Indianapolis.
Memorial services will be delayed until an appropriate time. Contributions may be made in Diana's honor to the Newfields Asian Art Acquisition Fund (4000 Michigan Rd. Indpls. 46208) or the Asante Children's Theatre (P. O. Box 22344, Indpls. 46222).
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Susan Humphrey
June 13, 2020
We were sorry to learn of Diana's passing. We enjoyed her so much on her trips to Oregon and visits with family here. Condolences to her family from the Humphrey clan.
Brian Beck
June 6, 2020
On behalf of the Beck family, Rosemary, Dane, Adam and Brian, I offer our condolences to Scott and Craig for the loss of their mother Diana. We will always remember the great summer days that the two families spent together. Dianas interest in the arts and literature was apparent even to us as kids. For example, I can clearly remember her dramatic reciting of the poem A Runnable Stag from memory on the beach at Pentwater, Michigan, as night approached and the bonfire was burning down. We wish the best to Scott and Craig and their families.
Betty L. DAmico
June 3, 2020
I had the pleasure of knowing Diana for the last several months of her life. What a gracious, lovely, kind, and beautifully complex woman... Im so honored that she called me her friend.
Margie Addington
June 3, 2020
Dear Craig, your mother was an angel. She was so kind to the Daniels family. I remember her always singing in her yard. I wish I could've seen her more when she was in Carmel. But it was so nice to reconnect with her a few months ago. God bless all of you. Love Margie Daniels Addington
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Margie Addington
June 3, 2020
Dear Craig and Scott. I remember your sweet mother always being kind to the Daniels family and always singing in her yard. She had a beautiful voice. I wish I was able to see your mother more often, but she was in good spirits when Dad and I saw her a couple months ago. She was with some friends who really seemed to enjoy your mother. She was a gem and I know she will always be in our hearts. Margie Daniels Addington
Ann Prewett
May 21, 2020
Growing up next door to Mrs. Jackson was a pleasure. As a young girl in a large family she took notice of me and made me feel special. She taught me how to bake, a skill I rarely exercise today, but our shared love of classical music remains. Many fond memories survive her passage. The Daniels family wishes to express our heartfelt condolences to Scott and Craig.
Gay Burkhart
May 20, 2020
I first met Mrs. Jackson as my English teacher at BRHS. A few years later we met again and I realized she wasnt really much older than I, we became friends and she became Diana. She was a wonderful teacher and a great influence on my being a grammarian, much to the regret of my grandchildren.
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