Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Jacobus, Ruth S.  August 19, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 21, 2011
  Ruth S. Jacobus 
  
  LANCASTER Ruth S. Jacobus, 89, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011. Born in 
  Leola, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Gertrude Groff Steffy. She 
  is survived by her son, Phillip O. (Jacobus) Iacobucci, married to Tricia, and 
  by her one and only beloved grandson, Marc Iacobucci. Also surviving, are her 
  five nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard E. 
  Steffy. Ruth attended East Lampeter Elementary School and graduated from East 
  Lampeter High School. She went on to graduate in 1943 from the Lancaster 
  General Hospital School of Nursing. Ruth then served three years in the U.S. 
  Navy, being accepted in the Officer Nursing Training Corps, attaining the rank 
  of Lieutenant. During her service, she was stationed at Camp Perry, Va., where 
  she treated returning wounded U.S. soldiers as well as German Prisoners of 
  War. At the end of World War II, Ruth worked with the American Red Cross in 
  Hibbing, Minn., from 1945 to 1946 during the polio epidemic, followed by a six 
  month stint at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in their Lung Surgical 
  Department. She then studied at the University of Pennsylvania School of 
  Nursing, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Public 
  Health in 1949. Ruth then worked at various hospitals in the Philadelphia 
  area, before returning to Lancaster. Ruth was one of the original organizers 
  of the Lancaster Head Start Program, where she formed their health component. 
  Her years of service were from 1967 until her retirement in 1994. She was 
  later honored for her 27 years of distinguished service by Head Start, with a 
  building dedicated in her name at their South Lime St. facilities. Ruth had a 
  great love for the game of tennis, being an original member, founding officer, 
  and lifetime member of the Lancaster Tennis and Riding Club. She was a 
  nationally ranked senior player and in April 2005, she was inducted into the 
  Lancaster County Tennis Hall of Fame. She was also an accomplished bridge 
  player, playing in several clubs, attaining the status of Duplicate Bridge 
  Player. She lived by the phrase that "Tennis is for my movement, bridge is for 
  my mental agility". Ruth's other love was for her four-legged 
  daughter, "Bella", her beloved English Springer Spaniel. She is the former 
  wife of the late Dr. Aldo F.P. Jacobus, who died in 2001. Friends will be 
  received on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral 
  Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz. Interment services will be private 
  and at the convenience of the family. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 21, 2011 
  
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