William E.Jackson;69;of 204 Third St.;Belle Vernon;died Saturday;March 29;1975;at 10:55 a.m.in Mercy Hospital;Pittsburgh;after a prolonged illness. He was born in Arnold City on May 17;1905;a son of the late John and Harriet Kramer Jackson. Mr.Jackson was retired from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.;where he had worked in the laboratory. He was preceded in death by a daughter;Mrs.Carolyn Pilarcik;in 1965.Surviving are his widow;Helen Hammitt Jackson;two sons;Gerald W.Jackson of Fayette City and Clinton D.Jackson of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.Raymond (Linda) Heslep of San Francisco;Calif.;one brother;John Jackson of Elm Terrace;W.Va.;one sister;Mrs.Walter (Rachel) Szymansky of Belle Vernon;seven grandchildren;and two great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Toner-Essey Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Monday and from 11 a.m.until time of services;1:30 p.m.;on Tuesday. The Rev.J.Warner Grant of Oil City Free Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold T.Toner and Gerald R.Essey are funeral directors in charge.