Dallas Ardo Jackman

Dallas A. Jackman was born in Tremonton, Utah in the spring of 1938 to Mark Ardo and Ernestine Carrie Jensen Jackman.
He grew up working hard under the leadership of his father with WW2 and Korea on the radio. It must have been around that time he learned the Family Whistle, which is still being used, and will be for generations to come.
He served two years for the LDS Church in the Great Lakes mission. Then, in the summer of 1960, He married Geraldine (Jeri) Rasmussen in the Salt Lake Temple. Together they raised 9 children. After Jeri’s untimely passing in 2000, Dallas was blessed to marry Pat Neilson, our ‘Bonus Mom’, who passed in 2020.
Dallas excelled in arts and academics at Olympus High School and then at the University of Utah, where he studied sculpture as an apprentice to the great Avard Fairbanks. And then he found his own path following his father’s lead in education. Wildlife Biology, and outdoor skills became his passion.
Believing that wilderness was the best classroom, he dreamed into reality, a curriculum that brought youth into deep touch with the wilderness. As a result of that program, and its accompanying textbook, Dallas received the prestigious National Science Teacher of the Year award in 1980. His Wildlife Biology curriculum has been used to teach young people in countless school districts in the West about all things wild.
His work in wilderness education contributed in no small way to the preservation of western endangered species and ecologies, including the Desert Tortoise, the Gila Monster, and the Joshua Tree Forests of the Southwest.
He also spent many seasons with the US Forest Service maintaining trails, developing swampy mud holes into thriving springs, leading groups of young people in improving campsites, trails, and working with wildfire crews.
In 2016, Dallas was honored by the Utah State Legislature for his lifetime of work in teaching the preservation of the flora and fauna of Utah for future generations.
Dallas inspired thousands of people over nearly 50 years of teaching. His annual Desert Field Trips are legendary, not just among the lucky ones to spend time with him in the desert, but their children as well. And probably theirs.
Campfire stories, nights under the Milky Way, coaxing water from a barrel cactus, milking rattlesnakes, are small parts of the stories that will be told about Dallas Jackman for generations.
He loved every person he ever met without condition. He lived with unwavering devotion and lifelong service to his family, his LDS faith, and his knowledge of truth.
He was preceded in passing by his parents, Mark and Carrie Jackman; his brothers, Gerald, Bryce, and Brent Jackman; and is survived by his younger sister, Juli (Maurice) Neilson.
Dallas Jackman is also survived by his children, Chaton (Gary) Rymer, Shane (Amy Brady) Jackman, Bret (Tonya) Jackman, Tory (Michelle) Jackman, Malai (Troy) Copling, Danai (Timothy) Willden, Kamn (Emilie) Jackman, Brock (Jennifer) Jackman, and Tanji (Jimmy) Noorlander. Also, Todd (Kristie) Neilson and Carol Carling.
He left 50 Grandkids and 25 Great Grandchildren.
Dallas Ardo Jackman left a whole generation with hope for the earth, and for the children, and for the future.
Services will be held on:
June 28th, 2021
LDS chapel, 1380 West 6785 South
West Jordan, Utah 84084
Viewing, 9:00 – 10:30 am
Service at 11:00
Graveside celebration at Holladay Cemetery,
4900 S Memory Ln, Holladay, UT 84117
Or you can participate online at: https://zoom.us/j/8012624631
To leave a condolence to the family, please visit  http://www.memorialutah.com/obituary/holladay-cottonwood/dallas-ardo-jackman/
Service Information
Viewing June 28, 2021 at 9:00-10:30 am
1380 West 6785 South, West Jordan, Utah 84084





Funeral Service
June 28, 2021 at 11:00 AM
1380 West 6785 South, West Jordan, Utah 84084