Elmer E. Jacobs

Elmer Eugene Jacobs was born June 5, 1924, to Ed and Bertha Jordan Jacobs in Alden. He attended school in Alden and worked on the family farm. On June 24, 1947, Elmer was united in marriage to Juline Andersen in Alden. The couple farmed in Freeborn County all their married life. Elmer enjoyed yodeling and joking with his family, friends and young kids. He had been a 4-H Leader and was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Elmer had a special companion that went everywhere with him- Puppy. Survivors include his wife, Juline; sons, Larry Jacobs of Alden and his children: Chris Jacobs, Sally Anderson and her husband Tim, and Heidi Jacobs, and Lee Jacobs and his wife Karen of Alden and their children, Kary Jacobs and her fiance Justin and Matt Jacobs; 4 great-grandchildren: Trayton and Gavin Anderson, Logan Reicharts, and Makenna Jacobs; sisters: Anna Jahnke of Alexandria, Marie Jahnke of Albert Lea, Dorothy Newman and her husband Elmer of Albert Lea, and Delores Jacobs of Alden; brothers, Albert Jacobs and his wife Marjean of Alden and Donald Jacobs of Manchester; brother-in-law, Walter Newman, Albert Lea and nieces, nephews, and cousins. Elmer was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, James and wife Dorothy Jacobs; his sister, Thelma Newman; and brothers-in-law, Christian Jahnke and Albert Jahnke, and sister-in-law, Darlene Jacobs.+