Funeral service for Freddie "Jack" Jacobs was June 2, 2011 at
Wilson Mortuary Chapel, Salem, with Bro. W.E. Ferguson and Dr. Tom
Hover officiating.
Music was provided by recorded selections.
Interment was in the New Hope Cemetery escorted by The Patriot
Guard Riders and with Full Military Honors.
Pallbearers were Jackie and Warren Lough, Jim Harris, Gene
Kinley, Greg Gorman and Daniel Lakin. Honorary pallbearers were the
members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Jacobs was born February 11, 1924 in Gladden to Freddie
Lawrence and Lillie Frances (Jones) Jacobs. He married Opal Imogene
Lewis December 16, 1946. They were the parents of three children.
Mr. Jacobs died May 29, 2011 in St. Louis at the age of 87
years.
Survivors include his wife, Opal Jacobs, Salem; three children,
Christine Jacobs, Affton; Sherry Hutson and husband, David, Fenton;
and Steven Jacobs, High Ridge; two brothers, David Jacobs, Ballwin;
and Paul "Kermit" Jacobs, Salem; one granddaughter, Angela Kniffen,
Washington; three great-grandchildren, Alicia Goebel, Washington;
and Steven and Jared Goebel, Cuba; five nieces, Aleta
Thistlethwaite; June Jacobs; Karen Hand and husband, Greg; Susan
Stone; Melinda Gorman and husband, Greg; and three nephews, Jackie
Lough, Warren Lough; Bobby Jacobs; a host of extended family and
friends.
Preceding him in death were his parents; sister, Opal Lough and
husband, Leo; brother, William "Bud" Jacobs and wife, Cleo; two
sisters-in-law, Mary Ruth Jacobs and Louise Jacobs.
Mr. Jacobs was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and a
charter member of VFW Post 6280, Salem. He served in the Army
during World War II and served in the Pacific Theater.
