Larry 'Jake' Jacobs, 29 Oct 1944 - 12 Apr 2015

JACOBS, JENKINS, YOUNG, WOOD, PAGE, FUGATE, SCOTT, ZIRKLEBACH, LINDENMAYER

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 5/4/2015 at 14:08:51

Larry ‘Jake’ Jacobs, 70

Larry “Jake” Jacobs, 70, Mechanicsville, died Sunday, April 12, 2015, at the Mechanicsville Nursing and Rehab, following an extended illness. Private family services will be held at a later date.

Memorials may be made to the Iowa Lions Eye Bank or Care Initiatives Hospice.

Stewart Baxter Funeral and Memorial Services, Mt. Vernon, was in charge of arrangements. Memories may be shared with the family at www.stewartbaxter.com.

Larry “Jake” Jacobs was born Oct. 29, 1944, in Marengo, the son of Oliver and Vesper (Jenkins) Jacobs. He graduated from Iowa Valley High School, Marengo, in 1965.

He married Linda Young. The couple later divorced.

He was employed at the Me Too store in Marengo before it closed and also worked at several other businesses in the area. He was on the Marengo city council for several years and was a member of the Rod Hawks and the Jaycees.

He later moved and married Belle Wood in 1987. She died in 2009. He worked at Lloyd’s Table for 20 years.

Jacobs is survived by one son, Les “Jake” (Shannon) Jacobs, Virginia; one daughter, Lara (Aaron) Page, Missouri; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one stepdaughter, Donna Wood, and stepgrandson, Paul Fugate, both Mechancsville; his siblings, Bonnie Lindenmayer, Marengo; Dan Jacobs, Congress, Ariz.; Jim (Doris) Jacobs, Cedar Rapids, and Kay (Jim) Scott, Phoenix, Ariz.; one sister-in-law, Velva Zirklebach, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Belle; his parents; one brother, Tommy; a sister-in-law, Mona Jacobs, and a brother-in-law, Fred Lindenmayer.