Joanne Bell Martin Jacobsen 1932 - 2017

MARTIN, JACOBSEN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 1/12/2017 at 07:54:16

Sioux City Journal
11 January 2017

MOVILLE, Iowa | Joan Jacobsen, 84, formerly of Moville and Anthon, Iowa, died Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at United Methodist Church in Moville. Visitation will be one hour prior to services Friday at the church.

Joanne Bell Martin was born Sept. 7, 1932, in Smithland, Iowa, the daughter of Glen and Hillia Martin. Joan lived in rural Ute, Iowa. She attended high school in Mapleton, Iowa, where she met her future husband while working at a restaurant.

She married Louis Jacobsen Feb. 10, 1950. They farmed near Anthon and raised their five children there.

After Louie's death in 1983, Joan continued to live at the farm until her marriage to Wayne Hayworth in November 1991. They lived happily in Anthon and enjoyed traveling together. She was a skilled seamstress and served the Anthon community for years. Wayne passed away in 1996.

Joan was married to Bob Milbrodt from June 1999 to November 2008, and lived in Sioux City during that time.

In 2011, Joan moved to Moville, where she created a beautiful flower garden, baked rolls and pies, and attended church at United Methodist Church.

Joan loved to garden, sew, quilt, bake and care for her family. She supported many local activities, including the Ladies Legion Auxiliary, and was a 4-H leader in Grant Township. Her last two years were spent in assisted living in Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa.

Her greatest love was gathering her family and enjoying their company. Joan received much joy from her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and the anticipated the birth of another great-grandchild and a great-great-grandchild in the coming year.

Survivors include her sisters, Beatrice Walker of Onawa, Iowa, and Barbara (Joe) Garlington of Pollack, Ark.; son, Chris (Kathy) Jacobsen of Anthon; daughters, Mary (Robert) Keyt of Tallahassee, Fla., Judy (Roger) Petersen of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, Peggy (Eric) Bottjen of Evergreen, Colo., and Kate Jacobsen of Chicago, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and one on the way; a great-great-grandchild on the way; and other relatives, special friends and neighbors.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Louis Jacobsen; her second husband, Wayne Hayworth; brothers, Gene Martin and Jim Martin; and sister, Jenny Munoz.

Memorials will be donated for the beautification of local gardens and parks.