Gerald Jacobs

Gerald “Jerry” Jacobs, 84, went home to be with the Lord after a long illness early Sunday morning, July 29, 2007 at Iowa Health Taylor House Hospice surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon St. with burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Gerald served in WWII as a Navy Seabee. He was a member of the V.F. W. and Grace Church. He retired from Neumann Bros. Construction in 1988 after 47 years of service.
Gerald is survived by his wife of 66 years, Esther; sons, Jerry and Richard, both of Des Moines and Robert of Mitchellville; 12 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ray and Josephine Jacobs; grandsons, Robert “Bobby” of Runnells and Jacob Gracey of Des Moines.

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