BORN - OCTOBER 17, 1920 - JACKSONVILLE, IOWA
DIED - MAY 26, 2001 - HARLAN, IOWA
PRAYER SERVICE MONDAY, MAY 28, 2001 - 7:00 P.M. PAULEY FUNERAL HOME - HARLAN, IOWA
FUNERAL SERVICE TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2001 - 10:30 A.M. IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH - HARLAN, IOWA
CLERGY PASTOR JON BENSON
PASTOR HEATHER BECKLIN
ORGANIST BARB FREMDER
VOCALIST GRANT CHRISTENSEN
HONORARY CASKET BEARERS: BUD WIGG, RAYMOND THOMSEN, JOHN HAAS, DON KLOEWER, GLEN F. PETERSEN, DALE JENSEN, WAYNE HANSEN, ROBERT PETERSEN, VERNER HANSEN, HAROLD ANDERSEN, ROGER THOMSEN, GEORGE MATHIASEN
CASKET BEARERS: JEFF PETERSEN, DOUG JENSEN, JIM PETERSEN, DARREN THOMSEN, DENNIS THOMSEN, DAVID THOMSEN
INTERMENT JACKSONVILLE CEMETERY - JACKSONVILLE, IOWA

AN INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS TO MEET WITH THE FAMILY IN THE IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH FELLOWSHIP HALL AT THE CLOSE OF THE COMMITTAL SERVICE.

FREDERICK IVAN JACOBSEN FREDERICK "FRED" JACOBSEN, THE ONLY CHILD OF PETER AND CLARA (PETERSEN) JACOBSEN WAS BORN ON A FARM IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY IOWA ON OCTOBER 17, 1920. HE WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED AT BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH IN JACKSONVILLE AND ATTENDED CENTER TOWNSHIP COUNTRY SCHOOL. FRED THEN WORKED WITH HIS FATHER ON THE FARM. ON FEBRUARY 1, 1957, FRED WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARVEL THOMSEN IN HARLAN, IOWA. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, MR. AND MRS. JACOBSEN MADE THEIR HOME ON THE FAMILY FARM IN CENTER TOWNSHIP, NEAR PRAIRIE ROSE LAKE. THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THIS UNION. THE CHURCH WAS AN ACTIVE PART OF THE JACOBSEN FAMILY. THEY HAVE BEEN LONG TIME MEMBERS OF IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN HARLAN. FRED RETIRED IN 1982, BUT CONTINUED TO HELP HIS SON KIRK ON WITH THE FARM. IN 1994, FRED AND MARVEL MOVED TO HARLAN.

HIS EXTENDED FAMILY WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM. HE SPENT MANY HOURS WITH HIS COUSINS PLAYING CARDS AND GOING TO BALL GAMES. FRED FOLLOWED HIS CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND WAS ESPECIALLY PROUD OF THE HARLAN GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM, PERHAPS BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS THE PITCHER.

FRED DIED ON MAY 26, 2001, AT THE ELMCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, HAVING ATTAINED THE AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND NINE DAYS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS WIFE MARVEL OF HARLAN, HIS SON RICKY OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, HIS SON KIRK AND HIS WIFE PAM OF HARLAN AND HIS DAUGHTER MARCIA AND HER HUSBAND PAUL CURRIE OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TWO GRANDCHILDREN, TWO STEP-GRANDCHILDREN, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY FRIENDS.