1915
James
2007
James P. Jacobsen
March 23, 1915 — September 7, 2007
James P. Jacobsen, 92, of St. Paul died Friday, September 7, 2007 at the Howard County Community Hospital in St. Paul.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, at St. Marks Lutheran Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Joseph Javorsky will officiate. Interment will be in Oakridge Cemetery in Dannebrog. Visitation will be held on Thursday, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the familys choice.
Mr. Jacobsen was born March 23, 1915 in Dannebrog to Jens P. and Louise E. (Christensen) Jacobsen.
James was raised and attended school in Dannebrog, graduating from Dannebrog High School in 1933. James first attended Dana College in Blair and later Washburn University in Topeka, KS. He then attended the Williams Institute of Mortuary Science to become a funeral director and embalmer in 1936.
In 1937, he became a partner with his father in the operation of the Jacobsen Mortuary, dry goods and grocery store in Dannebrog.
On March 24, 1940, he was united in marriage to Wauneta Metro in Grand Island.
The couple resided in Dannebrog and continued to operate the funeral home and grocery store until 1959. The couple then moved to St. Paul where he purchased the McIntyre Funeral Homes in St. Paul and Wolbach. He continued to operate the Jacobsen Funeral Home in Dannebrog.
In 1982, he and his wife retired and moved to Grand Island. In 2002, Jim moved to the Matelyn Retirement Community in St. Paul. He moved to the swing bed unit at Howard County Community Hospital in St. Paul in October, 2004.
He was a member of St. Marks Lutheran Church in St. Paul, the St. Paul Masonic Lodge #82 AF & Am, Royal Arch Masons #11 of Grand Island, Knights Templar of Grand Island, Tehama Temple Shrine of Hastings, and the U.C.T. #134 of Grand Island.
He was a former member of the Big Oak Leaf Lodge #387 of I.O.O.F. of Dannebrog. He had served on the Dannebrog Village and School Boards. He was a past member of the St. Paul City Council. Jim was a longtime member of the National and Nebraska Funeral Directors Associations.
Jim and Wauneta traveled extensively to California to visit family, to Minnesota where they enjoyed fishing, and to Aransas Pass and Padre Island, TX where they spent the winters.
Jim enjoyed fishing, gardening, and yard work. In his younger years, he especially enjoyed duck and goose hunting.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Ruthie Jacobsen of St. Paul; one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Gaylord Mickelsen of Grand Island; one sister, Lois Ann Kuska of Fairmont, NE; six granddaughters; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Wauneta who died on July 4, 2003 and a sister, Genevieve Hoiberg.
Condolences may be sent to www.jacobsengreenway.com.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, at St. Marks Lutheran Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Joseph Javorsky will officiate. Interment will be in Oakridge Cemetery in Dannebrog. Visitation will be held on Thursday, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the familys choice.
Mr. Jacobsen was born March 23, 1915 in Dannebrog to Jens P. and Louise E. (Christensen) Jacobsen.
James was raised and attended school in Dannebrog, graduating from Dannebrog High School in 1933. James first attended Dana College in Blair and later Washburn University in Topeka, KS. He then attended the Williams Institute of Mortuary Science to become a funeral director and embalmer in 1936.
In 1937, he became a partner with his father in the operation of the Jacobsen Mortuary, dry goods and grocery store in Dannebrog.
On March 24, 1940, he was united in marriage to Wauneta Metro in Grand Island.
The couple resided in Dannebrog and continued to operate the funeral home and grocery store until 1959. The couple then moved to St. Paul where he purchased the McIntyre Funeral Homes in St. Paul and Wolbach. He continued to operate the Jacobsen Funeral Home in Dannebrog.
In 1982, he and his wife retired and moved to Grand Island. In 2002, Jim moved to the Matelyn Retirement Community in St. Paul. He moved to the swing bed unit at Howard County Community Hospital in St. Paul in October, 2004.
He was a member of St. Marks Lutheran Church in St. Paul, the St. Paul Masonic Lodge #82 AF & Am, Royal Arch Masons #11 of Grand Island, Knights Templar of Grand Island, Tehama Temple Shrine of Hastings, and the U.C.T. #134 of Grand Island.
He was a former member of the Big Oak Leaf Lodge #387 of I.O.O.F. of Dannebrog. He had served on the Dannebrog Village and School Boards. He was a past member of the St. Paul City Council. Jim was a longtime member of the National and Nebraska Funeral Directors Associations.
Jim and Wauneta traveled extensively to California to visit family, to Minnesota where they enjoyed fishing, and to Aransas Pass and Padre Island, TX where they spent the winters.
Jim enjoyed fishing, gardening, and yard work. In his younger years, he especially enjoyed duck and goose hunting.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Ruthie Jacobsen of St. Paul; one daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Gaylord Mickelsen of Grand Island; one sister, Lois Ann Kuska of Fairmont, NE; six granddaughters; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Wauneta who died on July 4, 2003 and a sister, Genevieve Hoiberg.
Condolences may be sent to www.jacobsengreenway.com.
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