In Memory of
J. Albin Jackman
January 13, 1935 - April 4, 2011
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J. Albin Jackman
January 13, 1935 - April 4, 2011
J. Albin Jackman passed away on Saturday, April 2,
2011. He was a member of Detroit Lodge No. 7 from 2000-2004 and
was issued pennant number A-11861.
Mr. Jackman served 35 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve and was active at the Brodhead Naval Armory in Detroit. He was also a member of local maritime organizations. He served on the Board and also as President of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute at Dossin Museum. He was active in the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, and served as editor of the organization's 25th anniversary volume titled Ahoy and Farewell, which chronicled the coming and goings of vessels that worked the Great Lakes. For one year, he served as editor of Bowling Green State University's Lake Log Chips.
Mr. Jackman served 35 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve and was active at the Brodhead Naval Armory in Detroit. He was also a member of local maritime organizations. He served on the Board and also as President of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute at Dossin Museum. He was active in the Marine Historical Society of Detroit, and served as editor of the organization's 25th anniversary volume titled Ahoy and Farewell, which chronicled the coming and goings of vessels that worked the Great Lakes. For one year, he served as editor of Bowling Green State University's Lake Log Chips.
Some 20 years ago, Mr.
Jackman established Great Lakes Memories, a company formed to
retail history books about the Great Lakes, video tapes, model
plans and a specialty line of 1:700 resin scale models. Al was a
fixture at Marine Marts around the Great Lakes, where he met with
his many friends in the dealer trade.
Mr. Jackman was a licensed
funeral director in the State of Michigan for 50 years and worked out
of the Harry J. Will Funeral Homes in Redford and Livonia. After
he retired, he went back to school to receive his Masters Degree in
1993 and received his Doctorate of Divinity in 1994.
Al is survived by his wife
Mary and a large family of children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. A death
notice was published in the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press on
Monday, April 4, 2011. The funeral was held on Tuesday, April
5 at St. Priscilla Church in Livonia.
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