Marion E. “Jackie” Lancaster (nee Jackson), 90, a resident of Riverside for five decades, died Jan. 26, 2012 at Manor Care Health Services in Naperville. She was a resident of Lisle at the time of her death.
Born July 9, 1921 in Superior, Wis., she served during World War II as a nurse in the U.S. Navy. She worked after the war as a public healthcare nurse for Riverside Township, spending her winters in Florida. She was a member of St. Mary Church in Riverside and St. Michael the Archangel Church in Sarasota, Fla.
Ms. Lancaster was also a member of Riverside Golf Club, the American Legion and the World War II Navy Nurse Corps Officers.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Ann Jackson; her husband, Dr. William Lancaster; her brother, Martin C. Jackson; and her nephews, Michael and Thomas Lamusga.
Ms. Lancaster is survived by her sisters, Ann (Lawrence) Mahoney and Myrtle (the late Floyd) Lamusga; her brother, Raymond (Pauline) Jackson; her sister-in-law, Geraldine Jackson; her nieces, Cynthia Jackson, Terry Beattie, Mary Bentler, Mary Lamusga, Patty Fitzgerald, Anne Lamusga, Katy Lundquist and Jennifer Monroe; and her nephews, Jeff Jackson, Martin Jackson Jr., Michael Jackson, Stephen Jackson, Christopher Jackson, James Mahoney, William Mahoney, Michael Mahoney, Ben Mahoney, Harvey Hunt and Arthur Hunt.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 31 at Sacred Heart Monastery Chapel in Lisle, followed by inurnment at Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook.
Memorial donations are appreciated to Sacred Heart Monastery, 1910 Maple Ave., Lisle, Ill. 60532; St. Michael the Archangel Church, 5394 Midnight Pass Road, Sarasota, Fla. 34242 or the College of St. Scholastica, 1200 Kenwood Ave., Duluth, Minn. 55811-4199.
Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home, Naperville, handled arrangements.
