Joan L Jackson

She was a member of Christ United Church of Christ and the New Life Club at St. Matthew’s Church. Joan enjoyed painting, travelling, attending the MUNY and the Looking Glass Playhouse. She was a renaissance woman and was very proud of her government service at Scott AFB. Joan was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Jackson; parents, Ralph & Ruth, nee Duncan, Lesher; brother, Robert Kemp; and son-in-law, Harold Kehl.

Joan is survived by her loving daughters; Vicki (Stephen) Schaefer, Janet Kehl; grandchildren, Sarah (Steven) Johnson, Stephanie (Nick) Berry, Brian (Jamie) Kehl, Scott (Heather) Schaefer; great-grandchildren, Sierra, Patrick, Elsie, Chance, Caleb, Christian, Silas, Quentin, and Isaac.

Memorials in Joan’s name may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois or the Employee Fund for The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows.

The family wishes to thank the staff of Dammert Geriatric Center for their exceptional care.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.valhallagardensandfuneralhome.com

Visitation: Friends may call on Saturday, January 16, 2016 from 2-4pm at Valhalla Gaerdner Holten Funeral Home, 3412 Frank Scott Parkway West, Belleville, IL 62223.

Funeral: services will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2016, 4pm at the funeral home.

Interment will be held privately.