ANDREW JACOBSON
Andrew Jacobson, 93, resident of Manitowoc county for more than 70 years, died early this morning at the home in Manitowoc Rapids.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 2 o'clock at the Gjerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. E.A. Fretheim officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from Sunday evening until the hour of the funeral Tuesday.
Mr. Jacobson was born in Norway on December 23, 1845. About 72 years ago he came to America, lived in Chicago for a few months and then came to Manitowoc county where he had since resided.
In 1877 he married Julia Madson and his wife died in 1891.
Mr. Jacobson assisted in the construction of the first Norwegian church in Manitowoc, and was one of the workmen on the first lighthouse erected on the Two Rivers point.
Survivors are one son, Julius, on the home farm; two daughters, Miss Ella, also on the home farm, and Mrs. Cornelius Knutson of Frederick, Wis.; and two grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, November 18, 1939 P. 4
Andrew Jacobson, 93, resident of Manitowoc county for more than 70 years, died early this morning at the home in Manitowoc Rapids.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 2 o'clock at the Gjerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. E.A. Fretheim officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from Sunday evening until the hour of the funeral Tuesday.
Mr. Jacobson was born in Norway on December 23, 1845. About 72 years ago he came to America, lived in Chicago for a few months and then came to Manitowoc county where he had since resided.
In 1877 he married Julia Madson and his wife died in 1891.
Mr. Jacobson assisted in the construction of the first Norwegian church in Manitowoc, and was one of the workmen on the first lighthouse erected on the Two Rivers point.
Survivors are one son, Julius, on the home farm; two daughters, Miss Ella, also on the home farm, and Mrs. Cornelius Knutson of Frederick, Wis.; and two grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, November 18, 1939 P. 4
ANDREW JACOBSON
Andrew Jacobson, 93, resident of Manitowoc county for more than 70 years, died early this morning at the home in Manitowoc Rapids.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 2 o'clock at the Gjerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. E.A. Fretheim officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from Sunday evening until the hour of the funeral Tuesday.
Mr. Jacobson was born in Norway on December 23, 1845. About 72 years ago he came to America, lived in Chicago for a few months and then came to Manitowoc county where he had since resided.
In 1877 he married Julia Madson and his wife died in 1891.
Mr. Jacobson assisted in the construction of the first Norwegian church in Manitowoc, and was one of the workmen on the first lighthouse erected on the Two Rivers point.
Survivors are one son, Julius, on the home farm; two daughters, Miss Ella, also on the home farm, and Mrs. Cornelius Knutson of Frederick, Wis.; and two grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, November 18, 1939 P. 4
Andrew Jacobson, 93, resident of Manitowoc county for more than 70 years, died early this morning at the home in Manitowoc Rapids.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., from the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and at 2 o'clock at the Gjerpen Lutheran church, the Rev. E.A. Fretheim officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from Sunday evening until the hour of the funeral Tuesday.
Mr. Jacobson was born in Norway on December 23, 1845. About 72 years ago he came to America, lived in Chicago for a few months and then came to Manitowoc county where he had since resided.
In 1877 he married Julia Madson and his wife died in 1891.
Mr. Jacobson assisted in the construction of the first Norwegian church in Manitowoc, and was one of the workmen on the first lighthouse erected on the Two Rivers point.
Survivors are one son, Julius, on the home farm; two daughters, Miss Ella, also on the home farm, and Mrs. Cornelius Knutson of Frederick, Wis.; and two grandchildren.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, November 18, 1939 P. 4
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