Jacobsen, Rosemary (1936 – 2016)
JACOBSEN, MATTHIESSEN, TRACY, ROOT, SCHWERY, STEELE, WELNA, PEAVY, MCGINN, HILDEBRAND, MARTIN, SCHECHINGER
Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 7/18/2016 at 20:44:40
Name of deceased: Rosemary Jacobsen (nee Matthiessen)
Aged: 80 yrs, 2 mo, 16 days
Residence: Omaha, NE
Born: May 1, 1936; Shelby, IA
Died: July 17, 2016; Bellevue, NE
Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Thursday, July 21, 2016; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Avoca, IA; burial in Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA
Survived by: Daughters, Vicki Root of Omaha, NE, Lisa (spouse, Jim) Schwery of Logan, IA, Karla Steele of Scottsdale, AZ, and Monica (spouse, Ron) Welna of Omaha, NE; grandchildren, Matthew and Corey Root, Jaimie, Lyndsey, and Adam Schwery, Ryan, Keenan, Makayla, and Connor Steele, and Alyssa and Brianna Welna; great-grandchildren, MuRrage Peavy and Jaila Root; brother-in-law, Peter McGinn of Council Bluffs, IA; sisters-in-law, Lois Hildebrand of Oakland, IA and Lois Matthiessen of Omaha, NE; nieces and nephews
Predeceased by: Parents, Charles and Veronica (nee Tracy) Matthiessen; husband Virgil; sisters, Teresa Martin, Dorothy Schechinger, and Geraldine McGinn; brother, Eugene Matthiessen
Education: graduated from Shelby (IA) High School, having played on the basketball team
Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Neola, IA
Military service: n/a
Marriage: Virgil Jacobsen; June 25, 1956; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Avoca, IA
Employment: Homemaker; after her husband’s death in 1979, she first worked as a waitress, and then as a secretary at Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, NE; she retired in 2009.
Hobbies/Interests: reading; going to the casinos; bowling; cooking; loved her favorite TV soap opera, “The Young and the Restless”
Sources: findagrave.com; pauleyjones.com
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