Obituary Record

Irene Constance (Harding) Jacobsen
Died on 3/21/1947

None

27 Mar., 1947 - The Enterprise

MRS. W. B. JOHNSON RITES HELD MONDAY

Mrs. Wm. B. Johnson of the southern part of the county passed away last Thursday from the effects of a stroke.

Deceased was born Nov. 26, 1876 in Missouri where the family resided for some time. In February of 1908 she was married to Wm. B. Jacobson, and for a number of years they resided in Omaha, later moving to Irvington and then to the Rose Hill district in this county where they made their home for a long period of years, but finally moved to the southern part of this county near Irvington were they were living at her death.

Two children were born to them: Reid H. Jacobsen and Mrs. Carol Musgrave, both of Blair. These, with the husband, survive and grieve her departing.

One sister residing in St. Louis also survives, the only member left of a family of 13 children. Funeral services were held Monday from the Haynes and Roeder Funeral Home of Omaha, and interment was made in the Mount Hope cemetery.

Note: The newspaper article was added as published in the newspaper; From the Omaha marriage records: JACOBSEN, Wilhelm B.; 28; md. Irene C. HARDING; 30; Feb 1908 20507; the Vig note at the Danish American Archives has her maiden name recorded as Irene Constance Harding, her death date recorded as March 31, 1947.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 3/27/1947


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