Victor Joseph Jacobs

VICTOR JOSEPH JACOBS Funeral services for Victor Joseph Jacobs, a longtime resident of Cortez, will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church with Father Derrek D. Scott officiating. Visitation and Rosary services will be held Monday evening at 7 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. Vic was born January 7, 1921 at Hays, Kansas, one of 13 children born to Casper and Magdalena (Urban) Jacobs. He passed away at Southwest Memorial Hospital on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at the age of 84. A graduate from Kansas State University, he served his country during World War II in the Army. On June 16, 1947, Vic married Amelia Riedel in Hays, Kansas. After making a move to the Cortez area in June 1949, Vic began a career as an electrical engineer for Empire Electric working from June 1949 to March 1983. Surviving Vic are his wife of 57 years, Amelia Jacobs of Cortez; his children, Elizabeth Jacobs of Cortez, Joe Jacobs of Boulder, Colo., and Mary Ann Fake and husband, Doug of Oakland, Calif.; and his grandchildren, Regina Fake and Veronica Fake. His 12 siblings preceded him in death.