Ronald H. Jacobs 1931-2012

MCCALL JACOBS WILSON

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 12/31/2012 at 19:25:33

Mapleton Press
6 December 2012

Ronald H. Jacobs, 80, Sioux City, passed away Nov. 23 at a local hospital surrounded by his family.

Funeral services were Monday, Nov. 26, at 10:30 a.m. at The Church of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ with Father Steven McLoud officiating. Visitation was Sunday, Nov. 25, from 4-8 p.m. with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at the Morningside chapel of Christy-Smith Funeral Homes. On-line condolences may be sent to www.christysmith.com.

Ron was born Dec. 22, 1931, in Mapleton to Harvey J. and Charlotte A. (McCall) Jacobs. He graduated from Mapleton High School.

He enlisted in the Army in June of 1950 at Omaha, Neb., and served in the Korea war. He earned the Korean Service Medal with 2 bronze campaign stars and the United Nations Service Medal. Ron was honorably discharged in March of 1953, having become a corporal. While in the U.S. Army, he participated in atomic energy testing program.

Ron moved to Sioux City in 1954. He married Dorothy Ann Wilson on June 15, 1956, in Sioux City and the couple was blessed with three daughters (Janet, Julie and Jean). Ron worked as a machinist at Sioux Tools for 30 years before retiring in 1994. After his retirement he and Dorothy enjoyed camping at Browns Lake and various other places and traveling to Lake Havasau and spent many winters as snowbirds in Arizona.

He was an avid walker from the east end of Morningside to the Morningside Post Office daily weather permitting and when the weather was bad he would walk the mall. Ron was a lifetime blood donor having donated close to fifteen gallons to the blood bank. He also volunteered at the Ronald McDonald house. Ron was member of Nativity Catholic Church, American Legion #1981 Duane Nelson Post and National Association of Atomic Veterans.

The family thanks Hospice of Siouxland and the staff at St. Luke’s hospital for taking such great care of their dad.

Survivors include three daughters: Janet S. Jacobs of Madison, Wis., Julie A. and Jeff Farris of Ellsworth, Wis., and Jean and Russell Gill of Waterbury, Neb.; three granddaughters: Laura Farris, Amy Muhlhausen and Adije Podebradsky; two great-grandchildren: Julia and Joe Farris; one brother, Harold L. Jacobs of Folsom, Calif.; and one sister, Rita “Alice” Moses of Huntsville, Ala.

He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Dorothy.

Family requests memorials be directed to the Ronald McDonald House.