Elsie I. Jacobs (Barnett)
June 28, 1916 — December 18, 2007
Elsie I. Jacobs, 91, a resident of Silver Pines, formerly of Walker, died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a short illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2007, at the Walker Bible Church, Walker, by the Rev. Clinton Jeffers. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2007, at the church. Burial: Walker Cemetery, Walker. Arrangements with Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service.
Survivors include her sons, Richard (Karen) Jacobs of Cedar Rapids, Harold (Sherry) Jacobs of Independence and Keith (Verena) Jacobs of Swisher; her daughter, Linda (Ron) Coleman of Kansas City, Missouri; ten grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willard; two great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Jacobs and Chrissie Pilcher; and three sisters, Violet Jacobs, Leota Langdon and Venita Howe.
Elsie was born June 28, 1916, the daughter of Orville and Mattie (Ross) Barnett, in Buxton, Iowa. On March 7, 1936, she was united in marriage to Clarence Willard Jacobs, in Marengo, Iowa. He died August 27, 2004. Elsie was a member of the Walker Bible Church and the Walker Ladies Club. She enjoyed embroidering and being a farmwife and homemaker.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke’s Hospice in memory of Elsie.
Survivors include her sons, Richard (Karen) Jacobs of Cedar Rapids, Harold (Sherry) Jacobs of Independence and Keith (Verena) Jacobs of Swisher; her daughter, Linda (Ron) Coleman of Kansas City, Missouri; ten grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Willard; two great-grandchildren, Mackenzie Jacobs and Chrissie Pilcher; and three sisters, Violet Jacobs, Leota Langdon and Venita Howe.
Elsie was born June 28, 1916, the daughter of Orville and Mattie (Ross) Barnett, in Buxton, Iowa. On March 7, 1936, she was united in marriage to Clarence Willard Jacobs, in Marengo, Iowa. He died August 27, 2004. Elsie was a member of the Walker Bible Church and the Walker Ladies Club. She enjoyed embroidering and being a farmwife and homemaker.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke’s Hospice in memory of Elsie.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Elsie I. Jacobs (Barnett), please visit our flower store.