Roman R. Jackson Obituary (1927 - 2015)

Mr. Roman R. Jackson died on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at his home in Bloomfield. He was 88. A service will be held in Prout Funeral Home (www.proutfuneralhome.com), 370 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona on Saturday, December 26 at 4 pm. Visiting in the will be on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm. Born & raised in Wilkes-Barre, PA, Mr. Jackson lived in Clifton NJ and Cocoa, FL prior to moving to Bloomfield in 2008. He served in the US Army from 1946-1947 and received the WW II Victory Medal and Army of Occupation Medal (Japan). He worked for the Denman and Davis Company in Clifton as a truck driver, retiring in 1990. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Senior Citizens of Cocoa, FL and AARP of Cocoa, FL and a builder of radio-controlled airplanes. He was the devoted husband of Dorothy (nee Michaels) Jackson, the beloved father of Mark Jackson and his wife Jacqueline Berliner Jackson and loving grandfather of Catherine Jackson. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Bloomfield Emergency Medical Services, c/o Municipal Building, One Municipal Plaza, Bloomfield NJ 07003 in his name would be appreciated.