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Obituary- Jacobson, Catherine

Catherine V. Jacobson
ROSSVILLE - Catherine V. Jacobson, 95, Rossville, died Monday, Aug. 2, 2004, at a Topeka hospital. She was born Dec. 6, 1908, near Emmett, the daughter of Michael J. and Sarah Lacy O'Connor. She grew up in the Emmett community and attended Halligan country school, the Sister's Catholic Grade School and she graduated from Emmett High School in 1926. She had lived in the Rossville community for many years. Mrs. Jacobson was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. She married John T. Jacobson on Feb. 19, 1929, in Delia. He died July 23, 1981. Mrs. Jacobson also was preceded in death by a son, Billy Jacobson, in May 1943; grandsons, Jacob Lloyd, on Aug. 28, 1988, and William C. Wild, on Nov. 27, 1989; a great-grandson, Dustin Bronaugh, on April 18, 2001; sisters, Mary, Bernadine and Leona; and brothers, Bernard, Frank and Leo. Survivors include sons, Robert Jacobson, Topeka, and John Jacobson and Donald Jacobson, both of Rossville; daughters, Betty Lambotte, Kay Wild and Dorothy Lloyd, all of Rossville, and Rosemary Pauly, St. Marys; sisters, Josephine Welchhans, Evelyn Hutton and Dorothy Heere, all of Topeka; 19 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Mrs. Jacobson will lie in state after 2 p.m. Thursday at Piper-Verscshelden Funeral Home in St. Marys, where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stanislaus Catholic Church or the Rossville First Responders and sent in care of the funeral home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kan., 66536.