1914
Wallace
2012
Wallace Jacobson
April 15, 1914 — March 5, 2012
WALLACE GILLIAN JACOBSON
Forest, Ms.Mr. Wallace Gillian Jacobson, age 97 and a resident of Forest, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Kosciusko after an extended illness.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday March 8, 2012 at 10 a.m. from the funeral home chapel. There will be a graveside service at 3 p.m. at the Yokena Cemetery, south of Vicksburg on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Jacobson was a native of Warren County and had lived in Forest since 1978. He returned from service in World War II in the Army Air Corps, where he served in the Army Air Corps as a Staff Sargent and Intelligence Specialist in the 631st Squadron. He later worked for the Biedenharn Candy Company and for the Illinois Central Railroad. He also retired as the District 4 court clerk for Warren County under Judge Ben Guyder. He is a member of the Forest United Methodist Church and a former member of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Vicksburg. He is a life member of the VFW and the American Legion. Mr. Jacobson had also been member of the Lions Club of Forest and the Elks Club of Vicksburg.Mr. Jacobson was a Master Mason of the Highland Lodge and was an Eagle Scout.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Harry Jacobson and Jean Gillian Jacobson, two brothers, Robert T. and Richard C. Jacobson, two sisters, Delina Jacobson Tenjes and Elizabeth Jacobson Trampe, his three wives; Flora Bell Jacobson, Eunice King Jacobson, and Shirley Blackwell Jacobson; and nephew, Harry Jacobson. Survivors include his wife, Celia D. Jacobson, three step children, Sherri(Ricky) Byrd, Terri(Ben) Smith and a step son, Leslie (Serita) Blackwell. Also by 5 step grandchildren, 7 step great grandchildren and his nieces and nephews; Miriam Emerson(Lee), Ronald Jacobson(Felicia), Sandra Cooper(Gerald), Charles Trampe(Peggy), Mark Trampe(Claudia), Lynn Cummisford(Jeff), Susan Sorka(Kurt), Kelly Treybig(Brad), Kevin Jacobson(Siv), and Joy Hollingsworth.
Forest, Ms.Mr. Wallace Gillian Jacobson, age 97 and a resident of Forest, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Kosciusko after an extended illness.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Ott and Lee Funeral Home in Forest. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday March 8, 2012 at 10 a.m. from the funeral home chapel. There will be a graveside service at 3 p.m. at the Yokena Cemetery, south of Vicksburg on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Jacobson was a native of Warren County and had lived in Forest since 1978. He returned from service in World War II in the Army Air Corps, where he served in the Army Air Corps as a Staff Sargent and Intelligence Specialist in the 631st Squadron. He later worked for the Biedenharn Candy Company and for the Illinois Central Railroad. He also retired as the District 4 court clerk for Warren County under Judge Ben Guyder. He is a member of the Forest United Methodist Church and a former member of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Vicksburg. He is a life member of the VFW and the American Legion. Mr. Jacobson had also been member of the Lions Club of Forest and the Elks Club of Vicksburg.Mr. Jacobson was a Master Mason of the Highland Lodge and was an Eagle Scout.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Harry Jacobson and Jean Gillian Jacobson, two brothers, Robert T. and Richard C. Jacobson, two sisters, Delina Jacobson Tenjes and Elizabeth Jacobson Trampe, his three wives; Flora Bell Jacobson, Eunice King Jacobson, and Shirley Blackwell Jacobson; and nephew, Harry Jacobson. Survivors include his wife, Celia D. Jacobson, three step children, Sherri(Ricky) Byrd, Terri(Ben) Smith and a step son, Leslie (Serita) Blackwell. Also by 5 step grandchildren, 7 step great grandchildren and his nieces and nephews; Miriam Emerson(Lee), Ronald Jacobson(Felicia), Sandra Cooper(Gerald), Charles Trampe(Peggy), Mark Trampe(Claudia), Lynn Cummisford(Jeff), Susan Sorka(Kurt), Kelly Treybig(Brad), Kevin Jacobson(Siv), and Joy Hollingsworth.
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