The Topeka Daily Capital
Thursday
June 29, 1939
Jacoby Funeral Thursday.
Funeral services for W.H. JACOBY, 70, former chief clerk of the Federal Land office, who died Saturday night in Santa Fe., N.M., will be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. The Rev. O.L. MILLER, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services.
The body will lie in state until noon Thursday at the mortuary. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Burial will be in Fairlawn Addition of Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mr. JACOBY was born in Ohio and came to Kansas with his parents when he was a boy. They first settled at Abilene, later moving to Topeka. He became an employee of the Federal Land office in March, 1894, at Dodge City. Later the office was moved to Topeka where he remained until it was closed.
He was stationed at Gainesville, Fla., where he was retired on a pension November 30, 1933. He afterward moved to Topeka. He and Mrs. JACOBY left Topeka June 8 to spend the summer at Santa Fe, N.M. Death resulted from a sudden attack of heart disease.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Chester L. JACOBY, editor of the Norton Daily Telegram, and Carl E. JACOBY, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Willliam BOYD, Topeka, and four grandchildren.
Thursday
June 29, 1939
Jacoby Funeral Thursday.
Funeral services for W.H. JACOBY, 70, former chief clerk of the Federal Land office, who died Saturday night in Santa Fe., N.M., will be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. The Rev. O.L. MILLER, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services.
The body will lie in state until noon Thursday at the mortuary. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Burial will be in Fairlawn Addition of Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mr. JACOBY was born in Ohio and came to Kansas with his parents when he was a boy. They first settled at Abilene, later moving to Topeka. He became an employee of the Federal Land office in March, 1894, at Dodge City. Later the office was moved to Topeka where he remained until it was closed.
He was stationed at Gainesville, Fla., where he was retired on a pension November 30, 1933. He afterward moved to Topeka. He and Mrs. JACOBY left Topeka June 8 to spend the summer at Santa Fe, N.M. Death resulted from a sudden attack of heart disease.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Chester L. JACOBY, editor of the Norton Daily Telegram, and Carl E. JACOBY, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Willliam BOYD, Topeka, and four grandchildren.
The Topeka Daily Capital
Thursday
June 29, 1939
Jacoby Funeral Thursday.
Funeral services for W.H. JACOBY, 70, former chief clerk of the Federal Land office, who died Saturday night in Santa Fe., N.M., will be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. The Rev. O.L. MILLER, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services.
The body will lie in state until noon Thursday at the mortuary. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Burial will be in Fairlawn Addition of Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mr. JACOBY was born in Ohio and came to Kansas with his parents when he was a boy. They first settled at Abilene, later moving to Topeka. He became an employee of the Federal Land office in March, 1894, at Dodge City. Later the office was moved to Topeka where he remained until it was closed.
He was stationed at Gainesville, Fla., where he was retired on a pension November 30, 1933. He afterward moved to Topeka. He and Mrs. JACOBY left Topeka June 8 to spend the summer at Santa Fe, N.M. Death resulted from a sudden attack of heart disease.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Chester L. JACOBY, editor of the Norton Daily Telegram, and Carl E. JACOBY, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Willliam BOYD, Topeka, and four grandchildren.
Thursday
June 29, 1939
Jacoby Funeral Thursday.
Funeral services for W.H. JACOBY, 70, former chief clerk of the Federal Land office, who died Saturday night in Santa Fe., N.M., will be Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. The Rev. O.L. MILLER, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will conduct the services.
The body will lie in state until noon Thursday at the mortuary. The casket will not be opened after the services.
Burial will be in Fairlawn Addition of Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mr. JACOBY was born in Ohio and came to Kansas with his parents when he was a boy. They first settled at Abilene, later moving to Topeka. He became an employee of the Federal Land office in March, 1894, at Dodge City. Later the office was moved to Topeka where he remained until it was closed.
He was stationed at Gainesville, Fla., where he was retired on a pension November 30, 1933. He afterward moved to Topeka. He and Mrs. JACOBY left Topeka June 8 to spend the summer at Santa Fe, N.M. Death resulted from a sudden attack of heart disease.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Chester L. JACOBY, editor of the Norton Daily Telegram, and Carl E. JACOBY, Chicago; a daughter, Mrs. Willliam BOYD, Topeka, and four grandchildren.
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