Madeline B. Jacobs

Madeline Jacobs Obituary

CHARLES CITY - Madeline B. Jacobs, 90, of Charles City died Sunday (Nov. 29, 2009) at the Ninth Street Chautauqua Guest Home.
A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charles City with the Rev. Dennis Niezwaag officiating. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Charles City.
A visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home, 401 Blunt St. in Charles City.
For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Stories, condolences, and thoughts may be shared with the family on the funeral home Web site at www.Fullertonfh.com.
Fullerton-Hage Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 641- 228-4211. www.fullertonfh.com

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Published by Globe Gazette from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2009.

Memories and Condolences
for Madeline Jacobs

2 Entries

Diana Wilson

December 4, 2009

So sorry to hear of Madeline's passing.She was a sweet lady and enjoyed visiting with her when we went to visit my Mom as they were room mates at 9th street. Prayers to the family. Diana and family Wilson and Mildred Perry

Bill Tefft

December 3, 2009

Madeline Tefft Jacobs was my only sibling, age 6 when I was born.. My earliest memory of her is in 1930 soon after we moved to our grandpa's farm in Floyd Co., 2 miles west of Nashua, IA, located in Chickasaw Co. We were dirt poor throughout the '30s and into the '40s. After HS graduation in '36, Madeline went to work at Ruggles Grocery in Nashua, and most of her earnings went to support the family. Six years later we all moved to Chicago, where she worked at Stineway Drug Co, our mother at Forum Cafeteria, dad at Pinkerton Detective Agency, and I at Continental Bank while attending North-western Univ. Harold Jacobs enlisted in USN on "Avenger Day", six months after Pearl Harbor. About 15 months later I was drafted in USNR & ran into Harold briefly on Espirito Santo in Pacific theatre in 1944. Harold rotated home after several island invasions & married Madeline on Feb 11, 1945. At war's end H & M lived briefly on farm before moving to Hulin St in Charles City after Art Jacobs & Sons bought grain elevator @ Grand & Main. Then H & M bought house at 401 4th Ave where Harold lived until his sudden death @ 75 in 1990 & Madeline continued until her fall in Nov 2007 after which she received daily care at Chautaugua Guest Home on 9th St where she died last Sunday, November 29, 2009 at age 90 years and 8 months & began eternal rest next to Harold in Riverside Cemetery today, Dec 3, 2009 when her body was interred there. Before macular degeneration took her sight Madeline played her piano daily, attended the Lutheran church weekly & reciprocated the love of her sons, Bill and Allen, and their families, and her daughter, Marilyn. She was a model Christian who worked for and contributed generously to her Church. In the years following death of my wife, Rose, in 1994, I was a frequent visitor in my sister's house in Charles City. I learned much about my sister & her meticulous habits. For example, it was forbidden to move any piece of furniture in any way, which was because of her fading eyesight due to macular degeneration. it was also verboten to speak or make any kind of noise on Saturday night when she tuned in a TV station that played old tapes of the Lawrence Welk show, followed by a rebroadcast of Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians and the Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven! She knew just about everybody on both shows. Today was her funeral, and I didn't go. I feel so badly that I didn't go, but it's no secret that I don't travel as well as I once did - and I need to stay healthy to take care of my honey. Madeline was on my mind all day though, and will be for many days, I know. Marilyn just called me to get me up to date on the funeral and she will send me the printed program and anything else I might want. I had asked her to take some pictures of our floral pieces, and she said someone who has a camera will take care of it. She will be driving back to Kansas City tomorrow. She has been wonderful to Madeline over the years and I know that Madeline has loved her much, and vice versa
I also know that I am going to feel like an orphan now that all of my senior family members are gone. Rest gently, sweet Madeline. Your loving brother, Bill Tefft

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