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Grover Cleveland Jacobsen

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Grover Cleveland Jacobsen

Birth
Charter Oak, Crawford County, Iowa, USA
Death
9 Jun 1950 (aged 56)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Block 14 Lot 16 Space 5
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Grover was the tenth of twelve children, and seventh of eight sons, born to Danish immigrants Christian and Mathilde Jacobsen. Orphaned while still in high school, he worked his way through the University of Iowa as an Economics major (Class of 1916) while receiving varsity letters in football, basketball, track, wrestling and baseball.

He was an officer in the Army's 22nd Infantry Regiment from 1917 through 1919, where he served as his Division's athletic director. After attending the Army War College in Washington, D.C., in 1919, Grover left the service with the rank of Captain. He then studied law at the University of Oklahoma, where he also coached football and track, and helped establish OU's first wrestling team.

Grover later earned his living as a lawyer, businessman and bus line developer, including with the Martz and Trailways bus lines. He was considered a leading bus industry innovator in the inter-War period, including in the development and growth of cross-country routes.

He married Grace Oakes at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 24 November 1917. He and Grace (known to all as "Dacie") had three children, including Gail Frances ("Fran") and Grace Kathryn ("Kathy"). A stillborn daughter was interred with Dacie's mother Fanny, next to this plot.
Grover was the tenth of twelve children, and seventh of eight sons, born to Danish immigrants Christian and Mathilde Jacobsen. Orphaned while still in high school, he worked his way through the University of Iowa as an Economics major (Class of 1916) while receiving varsity letters in football, basketball, track, wrestling and baseball.

He was an officer in the Army's 22nd Infantry Regiment from 1917 through 1919, where he served as his Division's athletic director. After attending the Army War College in Washington, D.C., in 1919, Grover left the service with the rank of Captain. He then studied law at the University of Oklahoma, where he also coached football and track, and helped establish OU's first wrestling team.

Grover later earned his living as a lawyer, businessman and bus line developer, including with the Martz and Trailways bus lines. He was considered a leading bus industry innovator in the inter-War period, including in the development and growth of cross-country routes.

He married Grace Oakes at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 24 November 1917. He and Grace (known to all as "Dacie") had three children, including Gail Frances ("Fran") and Grace Kathryn ("Kathy"). A stillborn daughter was interred with Dacie's mother Fanny, next to this plot.

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