Doris Lee Jackson

Doris Lee (Irick) Jackson of Laguna Woods, CA passed away on April 12, 2019 at the age of 93, one month shy of her 94th birthday which falls on May 19th. She was a loving wife of Lyman E. Jackson who pre-deceased her in 1977. Doris was a wonderful mother of three children, Norman Irick Jackson, who survives her and resides in Laguna Woods Village with his wife Carol Holmes Jackson, Janet Lynn Jackson-Moore and Alan Cary Jackson both of whom pre-decease their mother Doris.

Doris moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1996 and bought a home in the village where she resided until her passing. She retired in 1991 after careers as an executive and legal secretary ending with a Supervisory role at the Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM in the Genographics / Art Department. Art was Doris' passion and she devoted her years in the Village to her art. She served in positions with the Laguna Woods Art Association including Secretary and Librarian for over 15 years in total. Doris was an accomplished and awarded water color artist with an occasional oil painting to round out her portfolio.

When the newly formed city of Laguna Woods, CA 92637 was created in 1999 a year long contest was held to solicit designs for the new city's official seal. Doris's design won the competition and was gifted by Doris to the City of Laguna Woods on March 24, 2000, on the city's first anniversary. Doris was known as "Grammy" and she loved her family and especially family gatherings. On one memorable such event, the family all got together and wore a T-shirt emblazoned with "I LOVE GRAMMY" and they presented her with a personalized T-shirt that exclaimed "I AM GRAMMY".

Doris is survived by her son Norman "Rick" Jackson and she will be greatly missed by her grandchildren: Matthew Irick Jackson, Christina Jean Morris, Jennifer Rebecca Bowman, Benjamin Giessinger Jackson, Katherine Lillian Sablehaus, Jamie Keeler Piatt, Dylon Moore, Nicholas Lyman Jackson and Robert Kasch Jackson, as well as her eleven great-great grandchildren.

The family encourages donations in lieu of flowers be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (stjude.org)