OBITUARY: Harley Erastua Jacobsen, Mitchell County, Iowa


[Mitchell County Press-News, online, www.mcpress.com, Posted Nov. 27, 2001]



                        Harley Erastua Jacobsen

Funeral services were held Saturday, November 24, 2001 at Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, Osage, for Harley E. Jacobsen, age 85, of Osage. Rev. Dennis Hanson and
Rev. Roy Ott officiated. Interment was later in the afternoon at Oak Grove
Cemetery, rural Nora Springs with military rites conducted by HDS American
Legion Post 449 from Nora Springs. Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage was
in charge of arrangements. Harley died Tuesday, November 20, 2001 at Mitchell
County Regional Health Center Hospice Unit in Osage.

Harley Erastua Jacobsen was born July 21, 1916 at Nora Springs the son of
Nels and Lucy (Harden) Jacobsen. He was united in marriage to Rosie Paulsen
on Nov. 17, 1941 and they just celebrated their 60th wedding aniversary.
From April 1942 to January 1946, Harley served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
His tour included the Pacific Theater, where he was Crew Chief. After his
discharge, Harley and Rosie farmed for two years at Rockford then they
bought a farm northwest of Nora Springs, where they farmed from 1948 to
1984. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling and playing cards.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a sister Karen Vikturek; a brother
Harold "Bud" Jacobsen; and a grandchild Chris Field.

Those that survive him include his wife, Rosie Jacobsen of Osage; three
children, Raymond Jacobsen and wife Jolene of Nora Springs, Lorraine
Richardson and her husband Jim of Ranburne, AL and Harley Brent Jacobsen of
Nora Springs; seven grandchildren, Jody Dow, John Jacobsen, Chet Field,
Cheri Cole, Heather Marker, Jessica Featherston and Jordan Jacobsen; and
13 great-grandchildren.






Copyright (c) 2001 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: I am not necessarily related to the subject of the obituary.)
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