John T Jacobson, Sr.

1911 - 1981  (70 years)

• Name	John T Jacobson
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	24 Jan 1911	Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Jul 1981	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	27 Jul 1981	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4171	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Alfred T Jacobson
  Mother	Lavina Tomlinson Jacobson,   b. 1878,   d. 18 Jan 1969, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F2085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine V O'Connor Jacobson,   b. 6 Dec 1908, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 2 Aug 2004, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 95 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1929	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. John T Jacobson, Jr.,   b. 29 Jul 1933, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 5 Dec 2004, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 71 years) + 2. Catherine Ann (Kay) Jacobson Wild,   b. 28 Jul 1936, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Nov 2021, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 85 years) + 3. Rosemary Jacobson Pauly,   b. 16 Mar 1946, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 17 Mar 2006, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 60 years) + 4. Donald Jacobson   5. Billy Jacobson,   d. May 1943 + 6. Robert E Jacobson + 7. Elizabeth (Betty) Jacobson Lambotte + 8. Dorothy L Jacobson Lloyd
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2022 23:46:41
  Family ID	F3390	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Jan 1911 - Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas Buried - 27 Jul 1981 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Jacobson, John T. Sr. JOHN T. JACOBSON Services were at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville for John T. Jacobson, 70, Rossville, who died Thursday, July 23, 1981, when a trench in which he was working at the Statehouse in Topeka collapsed. Dr. W. Kiernan O’Callaghan, district coroner, performed an autopsy Friday and said Mr. Jacobson died of an internal hemorrhage of the chest. Mr. Jacobson and a fellow worker, John Cline, 60, Havensville, were both thrown against the west side of the trench, in which they were laying drainage pipe, when the east side collapsed on them. Cline was buried up to his waist and was rescued unharmed within 15 minutes of the collapse. Mr. Jacobson was born January 24, 1911, at Hoyt, the son of Alfred T. and Lavina Tomlinson Jacobson. Mr. Jacobson spent most of his life in the Delia and Rossville areas. He was a pipe layer for Herman’s Excavating, Topeka. He was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. A son, Billy Jacobson, died in 1943. He married Catherine O’Conner in 1929 at Delia. She survives. Other survivors include three sons, Robert Jacobson, Route 8, Topeka, John T. Jacobson Jr., Montrose, Colo., and Donald Jacobson, Rossville; four daughters, Betty Lambotte, Route 8, Topeka Kay Wild and Dorothy Lloyd, both of Rossville, and St Marys; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Owens and Mrs. Frances Chumlet, Topeka, and Hazel Conner, Grove Okla., a stepbrother, Alfred Baker, Yates Center; 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Rosary was at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stanislaus Catholic Church and sent in care of the funeral home.