Dennis Sabin Jackson

Dennis Sabin Jackson, 69, of Seaside, died Saturday, June 11, 2011, in Seaside, of multiple myeloma.

He was born May 30, 1942, in Newton, Iowa, to George William “Bill” and Emma Margaret (Sabin) Jackson.

In 1966, he received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Arizona State University. In 1982, he received a master’s degree in education from Portland State University.

In 2002, he married Lesley Jackson. She survives, residing in Seaside.

Mr. Jackson taught in Guam from 1971 to 1975. He taught grades three and four in Clifton, Ariz., from 1977 to 1978, then grades five and six in Clinton, Iowa, from 1979 to 1981. He taught the special education class at Seaside Heights from 1982 until his retirement in 2001.

He was a member of the Lighthouse Christian Church, and also attended the Seaside Assembly of God Church. He volunteered at the Cannon Beach Conference Center.

Family members said he enjoyed reading, traveling, swimming, biking, spending time with the family dogs and the duties of country living, such as wood splitting, raising chickens, etc. He and his wife traveled to India on a mission trip to an orphanage, visited Israel with their church group and took two Christian cruises.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Ben-Alexander Jackson of Los Angeles; a niece, Kalena Taylor of Chilliwack, British Columbia; three granddaughters, Megan and Kayesee Schermerhorn of Vancouver, Wash., and Anna Kuszmaul; a brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Sandy Jackson of Las Vegas and their five adult children; a sister and brother-in-law, Karrin and Terry Taylor of Chilliwack; a brother-in-law, Pat Kerr of Hope, B.C.; and two stepdaughters, Linda Schermerhorn and her husband, Luke, of Vancouver and Susan Harris of Hawaii.

A memorial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 16, at the Lighthouse Christian Church, 88786 Dellmoor Loop in Warrenton.

Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.