I am very lucky to be able to say Geoff was a friend. He liked me for whatever reason only Geoff knew.

I met Geoff at Elm Fork Range approx. 2 years ago. At the time i had retired & my wife had bought me a very nice Citori Feather weight 20 ga to use on the pheasant hunts in Kansas that Texas Lefty (John) was getting together.

He watched me shooting trying to learn Sporting Clays & knew that i needed help to get over my 50 years of bad self-taught shotgun skills. So ever week for the last 2 years we would shoot sporting clays & he would teach me the skills needed to succeed in shotgun sports.

He is excellent shooter/coach & he never passed up anyone at the range that needed a helping hand/direction.

His was a life skillfully lived with gusto! Geoff was very well read, thoughtful, loved his family, adored Linda, loved his country and his Savior Jesus Christ, Wisconsin football and Benelli shotguns. He had a wide circle of other friends who were also hooked on our absurd shooting/ hunting way of life. Some people collect stuff…Geoff collected people. He invested his time and his treasure in people in his orbit. He had more lifelong friends than anyone I know.


I will miss him very much !




Geoffrey Jackson of Frisco, Texas, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2022. He was 75 years young.

Born Geoffrey Gill Jackson on March 27, 1947 in Madison, WI. Geoff was preceded in death by his father, William Arthur Jackson, mother Ruth Carol Jackson and his brother Gregory Jackson. Geoff was an extraordinary husband, a devoted father to Jason, Lisa and David, and loving brother. An always engaged grandpa and great grandpa, Geoff was a loyal friend, an avid hunter and, when hunting wasn’t an option, he settled for fishing.

He is survived by Linda, his wife of 37 years, and children, son Jason Cano and wife Debora in Austin, TX, daughter Lisa and husband Andrew Iselin in Littleton, CO., son David Jackson and wife Elizabeth in West Allis, WI., sisters Julie Jackson in Gary, IN. and Tere and husband Gary Zimmermann in Cedar Grove, WI. as well as the particular joys of his life—6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren—and a plethora of nieces, nephews and cousins.

He graduated from Nicolet High School in 1965, graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BSME in mechanical engineering in 1970 and had two children as he began his career at Procter & Gamble from 1970-1981. He continued his professional printing career path with Brown Printing Company in Minnesota and Pennsylvania, found his way to Texas via a career at Quebecor World Printing through 2007, and retired from Optimal Blue as a Facilities Manager in 2020. He was a conflicted Packer and Dallas Cowboy fan, and always found great joy in all things Wisconsin Badgers.

Texas became his family’s “new home” beginning in 1990 and is still the place his family gathers annually to celebrate what he called one of the most special spots on God’s planet. His post-retirement passions included backyard bird watching, a new-found love of all things growing from the earth, taking his 3-year old great grandson Tato on “guy trips” to fishing holes, dog parks, and their favorite “Cheeky Monkeys”. He gratefully volunteered with Victim’s Relief and became a dedicated Lay Leader with Coaches’ Outreach, an organization bringing the Bible’s teachings to high school coaches as they influence young men and women in high school athletics.

Despite his 10-year battle with cancer and kidney disease, he remained courageous, compassionate, generous and positive about life. A spiritual man who never met a stranger, Geoff was a dedicated student of the Bible, was always willing to listen, to share a joke, cherished his family and friends, had an infectious smile, loved a great hunt or hunting story and was kind to all he met.

Celebration of Life for Geoff Jackson will held Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at Prestonwood Baptist Church located 6801 W. Park Blvd, Plano 75093, in the Faith Chapel at 10:00 A.M.with Pastor Neal Jeffrey officiating. Visitation in Fireside Room immediately following service.