1911
Hazel
2009
Hazel M. Jacobson
February 18, 1911 — June 20, 2009
Hazel Mae Jacobson, 98, of Waukon, IA, died Saturday, June 20, 2009, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 24th, at 11:00 AM at Waterville Lutheran Church in Waterville, IA, with Rev. Kris Snyder officiating. Burial will be at Waterville Lutheran Cemetery, Waterville. Friends may call from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Tuesday at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.
Hazel Mae Robertson Jacobson was born on February 18, 1911 in Chelsea, IA, the daughter of Alva and Johanna (Jaeger) Robertson. She was baptized at the Methodist Church in West Union and confirmed as an adult at Waterville Lutheran Church. Hazel graduated from West Union High School and took the Normal Training curriculum for teaching. In 1930 she married Robert Archer. Following his sudden death in 1938 she worked at Warner Brothers Clothing in West Union as a sales clerk and in the alterations department, and took in sewing on her own. On May 16, 1942 she married Leslie Clarence Jacobson in Eldorado, IA. Hazel and Les moved to Waterville, IA, where she worked for 38 years as a bookkeeper at Waterville Farmers Co-op Creamery. She also had an upholstery shop in her home in Waterville where she worked well into her early 80s. Hazel moved to Waukon, IA in 1983.
Hazel was a long-time member of Waterville Lutheran Church and its ladies organizations. She was an accomplished seamstress, making clothing for her family as well as others. Handiwork of all kinds, including crochet and quilting were strong points for Hazel. She also spent a lot of time caring for and looking after her grandchildren.
Survivors include 2 daughters, Vicki (Thomas) Moe of Cedar Falls, IA and Kathy (Stephen) Wiedner of Waukon, IA; 7 grandchildren, Bruce (Leisa) Archer, Mark Jacobson, Jeffrey (Joleen) Moe, Scott Archer, Kimberly (Thomas) Nelson, Katie (Neil) Kaul, and Molly (Francis) Ottaway; 11 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Robert Archer (1938) and Leslie Jacobson (1979); a son, Robert Jacobson; a sister, Elsie Potter; and a brother, Ralph Robertson.
Honorary casketbearers are Katie Kaul, Brittany Moe, Molly Ottaway, Meghann Moe, Taylor Nelson, Michael Nelson, and members of "WOW" (Women of Waterville). Casketbearers are Thomas Moe, Steve Wiedner, Jeffrey Moe, Thomas Nelson, Neil Kaul, and Francis Ottaway.
Hazel Mae Robertson Jacobson was born on February 18, 1911 in Chelsea, IA, the daughter of Alva and Johanna (Jaeger) Robertson. She was baptized at the Methodist Church in West Union and confirmed as an adult at Waterville Lutheran Church. Hazel graduated from West Union High School and took the Normal Training curriculum for teaching. In 1930 she married Robert Archer. Following his sudden death in 1938 she worked at Warner Brothers Clothing in West Union as a sales clerk and in the alterations department, and took in sewing on her own. On May 16, 1942 she married Leslie Clarence Jacobson in Eldorado, IA. Hazel and Les moved to Waterville, IA, where she worked for 38 years as a bookkeeper at Waterville Farmers Co-op Creamery. She also had an upholstery shop in her home in Waterville where she worked well into her early 80s. Hazel moved to Waukon, IA in 1983.
Hazel was a long-time member of Waterville Lutheran Church and its ladies organizations. She was an accomplished seamstress, making clothing for her family as well as others. Handiwork of all kinds, including crochet and quilting were strong points for Hazel. She also spent a lot of time caring for and looking after her grandchildren.
Survivors include 2 daughters, Vicki (Thomas) Moe of Cedar Falls, IA and Kathy (Stephen) Wiedner of Waukon, IA; 7 grandchildren, Bruce (Leisa) Archer, Mark Jacobson, Jeffrey (Joleen) Moe, Scott Archer, Kimberly (Thomas) Nelson, Katie (Neil) Kaul, and Molly (Francis) Ottaway; 11 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Robert Archer (1938) and Leslie Jacobson (1979); a son, Robert Jacobson; a sister, Elsie Potter; and a brother, Ralph Robertson.
Honorary casketbearers are Katie Kaul, Brittany Moe, Molly Ottaway, Meghann Moe, Taylor Nelson, Michael Nelson, and members of "WOW" (Women of Waterville). Casketbearers are Thomas Moe, Steve Wiedner, Jeffrey Moe, Thomas Nelson, Neil Kaul, and Francis Ottaway.
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