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Rita Jackson

[November 22, 2010]  LINCOLN -- Rita Marie Jackson, 90, of Penfield, formerly of Lincoln, died Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, in Penfield.

Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lincoln, with Father Laible officiating.

Burial will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, River Grove.

Mrs. Jackson was employed at Lincoln Developmental Center in Lincoln for many years. She retired in 1984.

Rita was born May 19, 1920, in Chicago. Her parents were John F. Braun and Anna S. Hennig Braun. She married Alvin Jackson on April 12, 1941, in Chicago. He preceded her in death on May 11, 2002.

She is survived by two daughters, Lucy Sparks of Penfield and Mary Sutton (and husband Robert Duncan) of Mahomet; three sons, Donald Jackson of Chicago, John Jackson of Tennessee and Tim Jackson (and wife Cyndi) of Lincoln; 16 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Angeline Hunt of California.

She was also preceded in death by one son, Ronald Jackson; one daughter, Christine Sandavol; and one granddaughter, Theresa Jackson.

She took great pride in being a foster grandparent for 17 years and working in the West Lincoln-Broadwell School library.

Memorial donations may be made to the family and will be accepted at the funeral home.

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