1921
Elaine
2014
Elaine M. Jacobsen
March 14, 1921 — September 10, 2014
Elaine M. Jacobsen, 93, of Kearney, formerly of Wolbach died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at St. John's Good Samaritan Center in Kearney.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday at the United Methodist Church in Wolbach. Reverend Martin Leeper will officiate. Interment will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the Wolbach United Methodist Church, Hillside Cemetery or Wolbach Heritage Scholarship Fund.
Elaine was the daughter of William Sherman and Edna Jane (Kinney) Johnston. She was born March 14, 1921on the family farm in Howard County two miles south of Wolbach.
Elaine was raised on the family farm and attended country school and then Wolbach High School graduating in 1938.
Elaine began teaching school after completing normal training in high school. She taught in Farwell and Big Springs.
She was united in marriage to Alvin H. Jacobsen in Big Springs on February 23, 1946. To this union was born a son, Lyle Jacobsen and a daughter, Lona (Jacobsen) Thagard. Alvin and Elaine made their home west of Wolbach before moving into Wolbach in 1954.
Elaine taught school in a country school east of Wolbach for a few years before teaching in the Wolbach Public Schools until her retirement in 1985. During the years that Elaine was teaching, she also attended Kearney State College and then completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska in 1964.
Her husband Alvin died on August 13, 1962.
After her retirement she moved to Kearney to be near her family. She lived with her daughter, Lona and her children. Lona was a caretaker for her mother.
Elaine especially enjoyed her children and family. She liked to garden, work crossword puzzles and read.
She was a member of the Wolbach United Methodist Church and the Ray Mapes American Legion Auxiliary Unit #236 of Wolbach.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Lyle and Dorothy Jacobsen of Kearney; grandchildren, Michelle and Ed Sulinski, Matthew Thagard, Lisa and Darin Meseure, Diana and Jeremy Bals and Mary and Jason Garrett; great grandchildren, Alexander Sulinski, Maycee Sulinski, Lainey Sulinski, Brieana Meseure, Brynlee Meseure, Lucas Bals, and Katherine Bals and step great grandchildren, Brandon Meseure and Ashlyne Meseure.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alvin; a daughter Lona Thagard; and four sisters, Lola Thomas, Elizabeth Ash, Mary Elizabeth Johnston and Ada Scheer.
Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday at the United Methodist Church in Wolbach. Reverend Martin Leeper will officiate. Interment will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the Wolbach United Methodist Church, Hillside Cemetery or Wolbach Heritage Scholarship Fund.
Elaine was the daughter of William Sherman and Edna Jane (Kinney) Johnston. She was born March 14, 1921on the family farm in Howard County two miles south of Wolbach.
Elaine was raised on the family farm and attended country school and then Wolbach High School graduating in 1938.
Elaine began teaching school after completing normal training in high school. She taught in Farwell and Big Springs.
She was united in marriage to Alvin H. Jacobsen in Big Springs on February 23, 1946. To this union was born a son, Lyle Jacobsen and a daughter, Lona (Jacobsen) Thagard. Alvin and Elaine made their home west of Wolbach before moving into Wolbach in 1954.
Elaine taught school in a country school east of Wolbach for a few years before teaching in the Wolbach Public Schools until her retirement in 1985. During the years that Elaine was teaching, she also attended Kearney State College and then completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska in 1964.
Her husband Alvin died on August 13, 1962.
After her retirement she moved to Kearney to be near her family. She lived with her daughter, Lona and her children. Lona was a caretaker for her mother.
Elaine especially enjoyed her children and family. She liked to garden, work crossword puzzles and read.
She was a member of the Wolbach United Methodist Church and the Ray Mapes American Legion Auxiliary Unit #236 of Wolbach.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Lyle and Dorothy Jacobsen of Kearney; grandchildren, Michelle and Ed Sulinski, Matthew Thagard, Lisa and Darin Meseure, Diana and Jeremy Bals and Mary and Jason Garrett; great grandchildren, Alexander Sulinski, Maycee Sulinski, Lainey Sulinski, Brieana Meseure, Brynlee Meseure, Lucas Bals, and Katherine Bals and step great grandchildren, Brandon Meseure and Ashlyne Meseure.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Alvin; a daughter Lona Thagard; and four sisters, Lola Thomas, Elizabeth Ash, Mary Elizabeth Johnston and Ada Scheer.
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