MALTA-Francis V. Jacobs, 82, passed away
on June 24, 2019, in Malta with loved ones by his side after a
courageous battle with cancer. Viewing will be Friday, June 28,
2019, 7:00 P.M. at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Funeral Service
will be Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 11:00 A.M Kirkwood Memorial
Chapel. Burial to follow at Malta Cemetery. Francis’s family has
requested that memorial donations be made in his name to a
charity of your choice.
Condolences
for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com
Francis was
born in Malta, Montana on June 6, 1937 to Vernon and Frances
(Hulbert) Jacobs, and grew up and attended the Community
Elementary School in the Whitewater-Loring area. He
attended and graduated from Malta High School in 1955.
This is where he met the love of his life Dolores Henderson.
They were married on June 14, 1958. After marriage they
lived and farmed and ranched on Dolores’s family’s homesteads in
southern Phillips County, where they continued to grow to help
make Jacobs Ranch what it is today. In the fall of 1958 he was
employed with a contractor building power lines for the Big Flat
Electric Cooperative. They had three children, Joyce, Lee and
JoAnn. In the fall of 2012 they bought a home in Malta,
and this is where they were residing at the time of his death.
Francis was
a gentle, kind and proud man who loved and enjoyed his family.
He truly loved what he did on the farm and ranch and worked on
it until he just couldn’t any more. He enjoyed the
outdoors, in particular dirt work, including his own gravel pit
which helped gravel roads in the community. He had a sense
for spotting certain rocks and artifacts, and enjoyed dances at
the First Creek Hall and polka music. He also enjoyed
Saturday nights at the Bucket.
He was involved in
his community and served on the Second Creek School Board, the
Phillips County Planning Board, the Big Flat Electric Board, was
elected and served as a Phillips County Commissioner for six
years, and was also appointed to serve on the Bureau of Land
Management’s Central Montana Resource Advising Council.
He was preceded in
death by his parents Vernon and Frances Jacobs, sisters Eva May
Jacobs and Ina Bell Severeide, and brother Wayne Jacobs.
Francis is survived by his wife Dolores of 61 years, children Joyce (Willy) Hammar of Malta, Mt., Lee (Perri) Jacobs of Malta, Mt., and JoAnn (Bruce) Normandy of Havre, Mt. Grandchildren Julia (Nathan) Aasen, Nicole (Jonathan) Hutchinson, Trent Normandy, and Brett (Shelby) Normandy, great-grandchildren Brody, Logan and Brantley, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Guest Book
From: Dixie Geer
Frances had a very kind and gentle soul. I enjoyed waiting on him when I was working at the GN
From: Ronna MacKay
My heartfelt condolences to all of you, I have a special fondness for Frances as he was always a pleasure to visit with over the years and getting to know him when I served on the board at Big Flat Electric. Nice to know he had a long wonderful life.
From: Blane Cornell
You all have my prayers.
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