Jacobe, Benjamin F. 1889-1987

JACOBE, STARTS, STORTS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 10/28/2015 at 04:11:44

Hawarden Independent October 15, 1987

Ben Jacobe
Benjamin Franklin Jacobe, 98, of Hawarden died Wednesday, October 7, 1987, in a care center in Hawarden. Services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden. Rev. Fredrich Mellberg officiated. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery under direction of Dow Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Lester Schneider, Bud Dimmick, Lloyd Strong, Jr., Jerry Wood, Lester Janssen and ClydeMcKee.

Mr. Jacobe was born July 19, 1889, in Hawarden. He married Elsie Mae Starts December 17, 1908, at Hawarden. She died May 25, 1974. He was a carpenter and contractor, retiring in 1974. Mr. Jacobe was a member of the Associated Church and Woodman of the World: He had been a member of the Hawarden Fire Department from 1915 until 1959 and was a charter member of the Eagles Lodge of Hawarden.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Eldon (Helen) Robertson of Hawarden and Mrs. Arden (LaDonna) Penrod of Westland, Ml; 22 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

(Note from submitter - The name Starts could possibly be Storts as there were many Storts in the Hawarden area.)