Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Calls outside of office hours? No worries! Our team will respond within 10–15 minutes.
February 23, 2022
Services
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Monday, February 28, 2022 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ. Additional visiting hours are scheduled from 4-8pm on Thursday March 3, 2022 at McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave, Mars, PA. Funeral services and burial will be held privately.
Lynda Brooks Jackson (aka Lynda James) of Cedar Grove, NJ passed away on February 23, 2022 after a courageous battle with a prolonged illness.
Lynda was born in Butler, PA on July 8, 1947 and was a 1965 graduate of Mars High School in Mars, PA. She earned a B.A. at the Career Academy in Washington, DC at Georgetown and became a Certified Medical Assistant. Later she worked as a booking agent for the Banner Talent Agency in New York City where she met her husband, Thomas (aka Tommy James) in 1972.
Lynda is survived by her beloved husband of 50 years, Thomas, her sisters Marcia Brooks Norton of Mars, PA, Candice Wallingford of Honesdale, PA, and Dawn (John) Wilbern of Evans City, PA; and survived by and known as “a loving Nana” to many nieces and nephews; and her stepson, Brian (Patty) Jackson.
She was preceded in death by her father, Herbert (Bud) Brooks; her mother, Jeanne Brooks; a brother, Robert Brooks; and a sister, Jodi Brooks.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the MS Center at Holy Name Medical Center, 718 Teaneck Rd., Teaneck, NJ 07666.
If you would like to send a private condolence directly to the family use this condolence section.
Friends may visit with the family from 4-8pm on Monday, February 28, 2022 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Rd, Wayne NJ. Additional visiting hours are scheduled from 4-8pm on Thursday March 3, 2022 at McDonald-Aeberli Funeral Home, 238 Crowe Ave, Mars, PA. Funeral services and burial will be held privately.
Guestbook
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse varius enim in eros elementum tristique. Duis cursus, mi quis viverra ornare, eros dolor interdum nulla, ut commodo diam libero vitae erat. Aenean faucibus nibh et justo cursus id rutrum lorem imperdiet. Nunc ut sem vitae risus tristique posuere.