Obituary - Robert Wayne Jacobs

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Bob Jacobs, 60, of Harrold, died Saturday, May 6, 2006 at his residence in Harrold. 

Burial will be in Medicine Hill Cemetery, Harrold, with military honors, directed by Luze Funeral Home of Highmore. 

Robert "Bob" Jacobs was born on May 29, 1945, to Frank and Wilma (Weirauch) Jacobs in Pierre. He attended grade school at Buckeye Country School and graduated from Riggs High School in 1963. After high school Bob joined the United States Army, serving during the Korean conflict. He was honorably discharged and then returned to Pierre in December of 1964. 

Bob married Lorraine Opp in 1978 and they moved to Harrold in 1986. His hobbies included fishing, hunting, high school sporting events, woodworking and spending time with his grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife Lorraine of Harrold; two daughters, Jamie (Bill) Schied of Harrold and Tanya (Tim) Reiser of Pierre; two stepdaughters, Janice (Claude) Roebuck of Sioux Falls and Colleen (Albert) Larson of Dallas, Texas; one stepson, Steve (Raeann) Opp of Gregory; sisters Alice Hillmer of Harrold, Betty (Pat) Haisch of Blunt and Doris (Jerry) Hendrickson of Arkansas; brothers Tom (Laura) Jacobs of Stratford, Jerry Jacobs of Spencer, Iowa, and Roger Jacobs of Sioux Falls; 18 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. 

Bob was preceded in death by his father Frank, mother Wilma, brother Jim, sister Joyce, infant brother Charles and infant twin sons.

The Capital Journal May 09, 2006