Stephenson Co. IL, MRS. EDWARD F. JACOBS: Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Contributed by: Vinita L. Shaw < vshaw@elp.rr.com > Obituary from Freeport Journal Standard on Monday , Dec 3, 1955 on page 5 column 2: " MRS. EDWARD F. JACOBS: Mrs. Edward F. Jacobs, 65, of 725 E. Iroquois St. died in her home Friday afternoon following a brief illness. The former Katherine E. Schauer was born in Freeport July 31, 1890, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schauer. She was married to Edward F. Jacobs who survives. A son and a daughter also survive, Kenneth E. , Freeport; and Mrs. Irma Weigman, Norwalk, Calif. In addition three sisters and a brother survive. Mrs. Homer Kerch, Freeport; Mrs. Elmer Russell, Milwaukee, Wis.; and Mrs. Alice Jackson, Whittier, Calif.; and Albert, of Freeport. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church and was educated in Freeport schools. Five grandchildren also survive. Service will be in in the Walker Mortuary at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. C. H. Uthlaut, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, will officiate. Interment will be in Chapel Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary after 3 p.m. Sunday."