from the Holton (KS) Recorder, Monday, December 10, 2007
Minnie Irene Jackman, 89, Holton, died Dec. 7, 2007, in Topeka. She was born Nov. 26, 1918, in Granada, the daughter of Clarence Elmer and Bertha Ella League Chase. She attended school in Granada and lived most of her life in the Circleville and Holton communities. Mrs. Jackman was a homemaker. She worked at White's Variety Store in Sabetha in the late 1950s. She also worked at the Jackson County Clerk's Office and the Jackson County Health Department in Holton in the 1970s. She was a member of Circleville United Methodist Church and the Ayli Bridge Club in Circleville. She was a life member of the VFW Auxiliary and was active at the Jackson County Senior Center in Holton. She married Clarence Jackman on Jan. 29, 1936, in Holton. He died Dec. 13, 1996. She also was preceded in death by two children, Raymond Lee Jackman, in 2003, and Louise Ilene Stauffer in 2005; three sisters; and five brothers. Survivors include two children, Gary Jackman, Topeka, and Beth Mitchell and husband Loren, Holton; a daughter-in-law, Sue Ann Jackman, and a son-in-law, Russell Stauffer, both of Sabetha; 10 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Dec. 14 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Private family interment will be in Circleville Cemetery at a later date. Family will greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 13 at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Circleville United Methodist Church or the Jackson County Senior Center, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436. Online condolences may be sent to www.mercerfuneralhomes.com