JACOBY, Joseph M. 1922-2011

JACOBY, BESSIN, LANGENFELD, TRAEGER, FOLKERS, HAMILTON, TILTON, PAULEY, ANHALT, ALLEN, KLEIN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/28/2011 at 01:47:04

[Waterloo Courier, Wednesday, August 10, 2011]

WATERLOO - Joseph M. Jacoby, 88, of Waterloo, died Monday, Aug. 8, at home.

He was born Aug. 11, 1922, in Earling, son of Hubert and Lena Bessin Jacoby. He married Delores Langenfeld on Aug. 5, 1947, in Earling.

Mr. Jacoby received his bachelor's degree from Creighton University. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II as an Air Force pilot. He was employed as an accountant for Schield Bantam in Waverly, Hinson Manufacturing in Waterloo and Noble Industries in Sac City, retiring in 1985.

Survived by his wife; two sons, Rodger (Linda) of Cedar Falls and Richard of Houston; two daughters, Faye (Dan) Traeger of Florida and Ann Folkers of Waterloo; a son-in-law, Jon Hamilton of Houston; eight grandchildren, Kelly Broten, Jodie Gleeson, Abbey Hayes, Aimee Jacoby, Laurie Traeger, Brett Folkers, Shawn Jacoby and Ben Jacoby; seven great-grandchildren, Kaitlynn, Haley and Alissa Broten, Caleb and Amber Hayes, Ella Norton and Adelyn Gleeson; four sisters, Mercie Tilton of Sioux City, Severa Pauley of Omaha, Neb., Marjorie Anhalt and Lucille Allen of California.

Preceded in death by a daughter, Karen Hamilton; two sisters, Benny Jacoby and Marie Klein; and two brothers, Bill and Leander.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Edward Catholic Church, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted by Waterloo AMVETS Post 19 and Evansdale AMVETS Post 31. Visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, where there will be a 5 p.m. 3rd and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus rosary and a 7 p.m. vigil. Visitation also an hour before services Thursday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to St. Edward Catholic Church or Cedar Valley Hospice, in lieu of flowers

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