Kevin Jackson

Kevin Jackson

Kevin Jackson died at her home on March 12, 2021, at the age of 66 from natural causes.

Kevin was born on June 20, 1954. She was raised in Fairbanks, Alaska and graduated in 1972 from Lathrop High School.

A variety of work experiences and a year at UAF brought her, like many other Alaskans, to work on the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in the ‘70’s. It was in Valdez, while working as a surveyor, that she met her future husband, Brady, an ironworker. Together, after the Pipeline was finished in 1977, they moved to Anchorage, married in 1978, and started a life together in a small home in Nunaka Valley.

In 1979, the couple moved to the Goat Creek area under the shadow of Pioneer Peak and the other beautiful mountains of the Chugach Range. In 1981, the couple welcomed their first child, Lia, and in 1984, their second, Sabrena. Kevin was able to stay home with her daughters until Sabrena started kindergarten and then started her working life as a telephone operator.

After working for various answering services, Kevin decided to open her own in the Mat-Su Valley and formed Jackson’s Answering Service in the back room of her home, where she often worked 24-hour shifts answering the phones for various companies across the Valley.

A house fire in 1996 moved the family to downtown Palmer and Kevin’s business to an office nearby their home. Kevin’s friendly voice answered thousands and thousands of phone calls over the 15 years she was in business.

Her later years were spent enjoying her grandchildren and the countless romance novels she could always be seen reading. She offered excellent hugs to all she knew and was a loving and faithful friend, wife, mother, and grandmother.

Kevin is preceded in death by her mother, Charlotte Sheffer, and her father, James Canfield. She is survived by her husband of 43 years, Brady D. Jackson III; her daughters, Lia Jackson (Durwanzle Cooper), and Sabrena (David) Combs; her grandchildren, Layton Dunham, Jackson Combs, Riker Combs, and Alia Cooper; and her sister, Kent (Jimmy) Milski.

No formal services will be held. Kevin will be cremated by Kehl’s Palmer Mortuary and her ashes spread across Alaska in the various places she loved.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Kevin’s name to the Blood Bank of Alaska, where she was an avid donor for many years.