Steven “Steve” George Jackson

Steven “Steve” George Jackson, 73, Town of Goetz, Cadott, passed away Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, at home, surrounded by family and under the care of Mayo Hospice. He faced his cancer diagnosis with the same calm strength he lived his life.

Steve was born Nov. 10, 1949, to George and Bernadine (Gilles) Jackson, in Chippewa Falls.

He married Joan Raether July 3, 1971, in the Town of Ludington, and they lived and raised their family in rural Cadott.

Steve worked for the Chippewa County Highway Department for 35 years. After retirement, he spent summers pushing his grandkids on the tire swing, tending his vast vegetable garden and listening to Bob Uecker call the Brewers games.

This year’s hunting season had Steve get his buck in the woods behind his house. Winters found Steve ice fishing with his brothers and friends, feeding the birds and plowing out his family’s driveways.

He is survived by his wife Joan Jackson; son – Nathan Jackson, and his wife – Anna King; daughter – Katie, and her husband – Mathew Hedrington; grandchildren – Vincent, Leopold, Beatrix and Cecelia; parents – George and Bernadine Jackson; brothers – James, and wife – Linda, Joseph, and wife – Linda, William, and wife – Peggy, Thomas, and wife – Sabrina, and George, and wife – Jami; sisters – MaryAnn, and husband – John Creaser; and Lori, and husband – Michael Bruhn; brother-in-law – James Raether, and wife – Carol; sisters-in-law – Nancy Jackson, Connie Anderson, and husband – Ronald, and Nancy Buchholz; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his brother – Robert Jackson; and brother-in-law – Jeffrey Buchholz.

A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cadott, with the Rev. Robert D. Hopkins officiating. Inurnment will be in the Brooklawn Cemetery in Cadott, at a later date.

Visitation will be held from 1 p.m., until the time of service, Saturday, at the church.

Leiser Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cadott, is assisting the family.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.leiserfuneralhome. com. In lieu of flowers and plants (Steve left plenty for Joan to care for), memorials are suggested and will be directed by the family in Steve’s memory.