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Nov. 9, 1909-Sept. 7, 1996
Harlan News Advertiser
Harlan, IA
Oct. 18, 1996
Page 6A
Zelma "Babe" Jacobsen, 86
Nov. 9, 1909 – Sept. 7, 1996
HARLAN • Zelma (Babe) Jacobsen, daughter of George Lewis and Margaret Kate Burkett Clark, was born Nov. 9, 1909 at Dawson, where she attended country school and grew to adulthood. Sept. 20, 1929, she married Harold Jacobsen To this union one child, Jo, was born. They spent most of their married life in Harlan where they owned and operated a produce business. They also operated a produce in Corley. She worked in the Harlan Bakery for several years. She was a member of First Christian Church in Harlan and a 50 year member of Zenobia Rebekah Lodge No. 286 in Harlan. She lived at the Westridge Apartments, later moving to Little Flower Haven at Ear ling, and then to the Baptist Memorial Home. She entered Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Co. Bluffs, Aug. 21, 1996, and it was there that she died Sept. 7, 1996, at age 86 years, nine months and 29 days. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, Carl and John; four sisters, Beulah Clark, Bernice Stofferson, June Hull and Dora Shipp. Survivors include her daughter, Jo Block (Gene) of Harlan; six grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Genevieve Jacobsen of the Baptist Memorial Home, and brother-in-law, Harvey Jacobsen (Normal of Harlan; nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services were held Sept. 11, 1996 at Pauley Funeral Home with Pastor John Hester of the First Baptist Church in Harlan officiating. Burial was in the Harlan Cemetery with Jim Clark, Keith Hull, Gary Clark, Lyle Norton and Lowell Clark honorary casket bearers. Casket bearers were Don Clark, Gaige C. Brown, Gale Clark, Kurt Block, Danny Edwards and Todd Brown.
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Sect. 2, Lot 752, Plot #3
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Photo contributed by Shelby County, Sept. 2012 from their discontinued Access database, previously online at: http://www.cemeterymap.com/