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Lynn Jacobson
LYNN JACOBSON
Cedar Rapids
Lynn Jacobson, 80, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, at Heritage Nursing & Rehab Center, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral services: 1:30 p.m. Dec. 23, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his children, Kim Hamilton, Konnie Jacobson, Lonnie (Ladonna) Jacobson and Kris (Ed) Mittan, all of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, Jennifer, Judy, Justin, Megan, Shawn, Ryan, Cameren, Callan, Marty, Sirese, Chelsea, Daulton, Leea and Robby; seven great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; and his sister, Faye Nichols of Dallas, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Patricia (Shepherd) Jacobson; parents, Ernest and Luella Jacobson; and son, Lynn Patrick Jacobson.
Lynn was born Nov. 5, 1937, in McCallsburg, Iowa, the son of Ernest and Luella (Sampson) Jacobson. He married Patricia Shepherd in 1957, in Nevada, Iowa. Lynn worked for the City of Cedar Rapids until he retired in 2000.
He loved country music, camping, NASCAR, the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Bears, fishing and tending to his flowers at home.
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