Elanor "Sue" Jackson

Elanor “Sue” Jackson

March 31, 1938 – October 3, 2024 (86)

Sue Jackson, 86, of Wood River passed away October 3, 2024 at Tiffany Square in Grand Island after a courageous battle with cancer. 

Funeral services will be Monday, October 14, 2024 at 10:30am at Apfel Funeral Home in Grand Island with Derek Apfel officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, October 13, 2024 from 3-6pm at the funeral home.

Sue was born in Hastings, NE March 31, 1938 to Ella (Johnson) Pulver and Cornelius Orr Pulver of Kenesaw. She graduated from Kenesaw High school and then attended St. Francis School of Nursing. She married Howard “Buck” Jackson June 4, 1961 in Grand Island and moved to Alexandria, NE where Buck taught school. In 1973, they moved to Wood River with their daughters. Sue worked at St. Francis as an OB nurse. She loved working in OB and helped deliver many babies of friends and family over the years.

Sue was a member of the Wood River Methodist Church (Rachel Circle). She loved Husker sports (a requirement of being married to a coach). She loved to read, spend time with her grandkids/great grandkids and they loved when she spoiled them with her chocolate chip cookies.

Left to cherish her memory, her husband Howard “Buck” Jackson of Grand Island. Their daughters Marta (Mike) Meier of Phillips; Kris Petersen of Omaha; Karen (Scott) Opp of Jacksonville, FL. Grandchildren, Derrek (Brittany) and Malorie Meier, Lance Petersen and Alexis (Rafa) Barbosa, Logan, Landon & Macy Opp. Great-grandchildren Steele, Jett, & Kruz Meier and Elia Barbosa. Her brother Jim (Peg) Pulver of Kenesaw and several nieces & nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and her siblings Donna Sahling, Clive Pulver, Jan Augustin, Gayle Pulver and Maurice Weichel.

Memorials are suggested to the family for a later designation.