Grace Elizabeth Jacks of Carrollton, Texas, went to be with her Lord Jesus on January 8, 2022, at the age of 84. She was born on September 3, 1937, to Adam and Elizabeth (Wagner) Brockel in Lemmon, South Dakota. Grace’s grandparents, Fred and Fredrika (Bastian) Wagner, were proud immigrants from Odessa, Russia, first settling in Hague, North Dakota.
Grace grew up on a farm and attended school in Bison, South Dakota. On June 25, 1982, she married Simmie M. Jacks in San Antonio, Texas. They were married 34 years. Grace loved to sing, needlepoint, travel, play card games and dominos with family and friends.
She was a member of Parkway Hills Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, a dedicated Christian, wife, grandmother, great grandmother, and sister.
Grace is survived by her daughters, Melody McNulty and husband, Gregory of Millersville, Maryland and Betty Jo Cook and husband, Richard of Orlando, Florida; son, David Eickelman and wife, Dominique of Rowlett, Texas; grandchildren, Brittany Dewhurst and husband, Peter, Matthew Cook and wife, Marilyn, Ashley Eickelman, and Jason Eickelman; great-grandchildren, Beatrice Dewhurst, Aurelia Dewhurst, and Zoie Cook; sister, Judy Hawley and husband, Kermit of Kingwood, West Virginia; and a host of other loving family and friends.
In addition to her husband, Grace was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Delores Kaubisch and Ruth Brockel, South Dakota.
Our family wishes to recognize the loving caregivers at Sonoma House in Carrollton, Texas and Holding Hands Hospice in Dallas, Texas. Thank you for taking care of “Miss Grace”.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, January 14, 2022 at Ridgeview Memorial Park, 2525 Central Expressway North, Allen, Texas 75013. The family will receive family and friends during a visitation from 9:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home, 2525 Central Expressway North, Allen, Texas 75013 prior to the graveside service.
The family request memorial donations to be made in Grace’s honor to Holding Hands Hospice, 8111 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1000, Dallas, Texas, 95251.