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Wanda Jacobson
WANDA J. JACOBSON
Humboldt
Wanda J. Jacobson, 88, of Humboldt, passed away Feb. 7, 2017, at Humboldt County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Feb. 10 at Zion Lutheran Church in Humboldt. The Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt was in charge of arrangements.
Wanda Joan Olsen, the daughter of Curtis and Inez (Larson) Olsen, was born Dec. 30, 1928, on a farm near Ringsted, Iowa. After graduating from Seneca Consolidated Schools in 1946, Wanda attended Waldorf College and Upper Iowa University, receiving her B.A. degree. She began her teaching career in Titonka and Estherville before moving to Swea City, where she met Robert C. Jacobson. The couple was united in marriage on May 30, 1954. She taught in the school districts of Plover, Maynard, Center Point and Riceville. They farmed near Riceville before owning the golf course at Lost Island. In September of last year they moved to Humboldt.
She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Robert of Humboldt; her children, Thomas (Mary) Jacobson of Riverside, Cheryl (Craig) Lyon of Storm Lake and Sondra (Jim) Dyer of Indianola; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, Madeline and Drew O'Donnell; sister, LeAnn (Jerry) Beaver of Beaumont, Calif.; and sisters-in-law, Donna Olsen of Great Bend, Kan., and Helene Ward of Klamath Falls, Ore.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Cynthia, in 1982; brothers, Gaylord, Gerald and Lowell Olsen; and sisters, Harriett (Everett) Zitterich, Alyse (Ray) Barker and Blanche (Howard) Preston.
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