Maxine S. (Sumner) Jackson

Maxine Thompson Jackson was born on April 3, 1920 and passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 in Fresno, California. She was born in Junis, South Dakota to Claud and Effie Sumner, the third of five daughters.
The family moved to Norwood, Missouri when Maxine was eight years of age. She graduated from Norwood High School in 1938.
Maxine left Missouri during the war and moved with her husband and son to Los Angeles, California, where she worked in an aviation plant. Her daughter, Judy, was born in Los Angeles in 1945. The family moved to Fresno, California in 1948. Maxine was a homemaker until she went to work as a bookkeeper in 1955 at Schwabenland Ford Tractor. She retired from Kuckenbecker Ford Tractor in 1985.
Maxine was an avid golfer, bridge player, and she enjoyed ballroom dancing. She traveled throughout the Valley with the Riverside Womens Golf Team. She enjoyed the competition and friendships she made over the thirty-five years she was involved.
Maxine also enjoyed her weekly bridge games with the ladies at Stonebridge and Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. She loved her home and her neighbors who were so kind and caring to her.
She attended the Westminster Church in Fresno as long as her health permitted.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Pauline Turgon of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, and Helen Schlesiner of Altadena, California.
Maxine is survived by her daughter: Judy Minasian Thompson of California; grandchildren: Kim Minasian-Sparks and her husband, David, Jason Minasian and his wife, Christina; her son: Ron Thompson and his wife, Laura; grandchildren: Julie Costa and Susan Burroughs; seven great-grandchildren: Ian, Sara, Isabelle, Tyler, Clayton, Tess and Jack; two sisters: Evelyn Wright of Mtn. Grove, Missouri and Opal Chadwell of Norwood, Missouri, and their families; and other relatives and friends.

Memorial Contributions:
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation or The First Tee in c/o the funeral home.