Memorial service for Nancy Dorothy Breitwisch Van Hoy–Jackson will be at 10:00 am Monday, May 9, 2016 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.

Nancy Dorothy Breitwisch Van Hoy-Jackson, 82, Lawton passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Lawton.  She was born October 10, 1933 in Strasburg, IL to Gilbert Herman and Leona (Ruff) Breitwisch.  She married Anderson Conner Van Hoy on June 6, 1953 in El Paso, TX.  The couple raised three children before divorcing in 1989.  Nancy married Phillip Samuel Jackson on April 28, 1990 in Lawton.  They celebrated 26 years of marriage two days before Nancy passed away.  Nancy was a homemaker who loved art, gardening, the outdoors and above all her family.  She graduated from Whitefish Bay (Wis.) High School in 1951.  Her first husband was an officer in the US Army so the family traveled extensively, living various times in Tacoma, WA, Nuremberg, Germany, Belleville, IL and Milwaukee, WI.  She earned her Associate's Degree in Licensed Practical Nursing, working for Dr. Robert Hillis in Lawton for ten years, and successfully sending all three children to college.  Nancy and Phillip Jackson have been longtime residents of Lawton.

Nancy is survived by her husband Phillip Samuel Jackson of the home; two sons, Conner Rodrick Van Hoy of Lawton, Randolph Konrad Van Hoy of McMinnville, OR, a daughter Catherine Susan Van Hoy of Norman, OK, two granddaughters, Kimberly Ann Van Hoy and Laura Nicole Van Hoy of Lawton and three great grandchildren, Briana, Chevelle and Nova.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Lawton Mobile Meals Program, 2800 W. Gore Blvd., Lawton, OK 73505 (580) 357-5396.