JACOBS, Ruth Doris 1923 - 2011

JACOBS, DALEY, WOODROW, DAVID, GREINER, RYAN, GLENZER, HASTINGS, SWENSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/29/2011 at 16:12:48

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Page 8

Ruth Doris JACOBS

Ruth Doris JACOBS, 87, formerly of 112 W. Rochester Rd., died at 2:13 a.m. March 22, 2011 at Vista Woods Care Center.

She was born October 22, 1923 in Birmingham, IA to Anthony Jay and Nora Mae DALEY WOODROW. She married Frank M. JACOBS February 9, 1945 in Fairfield, IA. He preceded her in death June 18, 1997.

A graduate of Birmingham High School in 1940 and of the Iowa Success School, she had worked at John Morrell & Co. Ruth and her husband farmed northeast of Ottumwa for over 50 years, and she was a homemaker.

She was a member of St. Mary of the Visitation, Altar and Rosary Society, a founding member of 24 Club in Hedrick, a member of the Highland Club, Hedrick Lions Ladies Group, Ottumwa Quilt Club. She was a volunteer for Hospice and for the Ottumwa Area Chamber of Commerce. Her passion was playing the piano for various nursing homes in Ottumwa and Casa Grande, AZ.

Surviving are two daughters, Vicki (Frank) DAVID of Crescent Springs, KY and Muriel (Stephen) GREINER of Sigourney; two sons, Tom JACOBS and Paul (Janet) JACOBS, both of Ottumwa; 9 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Alice RYAN of Dallas, TX and Patty (Gene) GLENZER of Lake Wales, FL.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Bernard WOODROW and three sisters, Kathleen RYAN, Christine HASTINGS and Rose Ann SWENSON.

Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. Mary of the Visitation in Ottumwa with Father Bernie Weir presiding. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa. A Christian Wake service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home followed by family visitation until 8 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Mary of the Visitation, Vista Woods Care Center or the charity of the donor's choice.

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: There is a Memorial Lawn Cemetery in both Fairfield, Jefferson County, and Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA. We do not have record of Ruth's husband Frank in the Jefferson County Memorial Lawn, and suspect they are buried in Ottumwa.

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