Ronald Eugene Jacoby

1947 - 2012  (65 years)

• Name	Ronald Eugene Jacoby
  Born	20 May 1947	Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Jul 2012	Iowa, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I313012	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Benedict Theodore Nicholas Jacoby,   b. 6 Nov 1922, Iowa, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1967, Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Betty Colleen Burkhart,   b. 30 Dec 1928, Iowa, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 2001, Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F106164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bonnie Lorraine Grell,   d. 31 Jan 2001
  Married	21 Sep 1967
  Children	1. Jacoby   2. Jacoby
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F106165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. July 24, 2012 12:00 am0 DANBURY, Iowa | Ronald E. Jacoby, 65, died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at a hospital in Ida Grove, Iowa. Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at Armstrong Chapel in Mapleton, Iowa, with the Rev. Catie Newman presiding. Burial will be in Liston Township Cemetery in Danbury, with military rites conducted by Carlson Frum Legion Post 336 of Danbury. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Ronald Eugene Jacoby was born in Sioux City on May 20, 1947, to Benedict and Betty Colleen (Burkhart) Jacoby. He attended school in Mapleton. On June 6, 1966, he enlisted in the Army. He served his country in Germany. He took a leave of absence so that he could marry his true love, Bonnie Lorraine Grell, on Sept. 21, 1967. She returned to Germany with him. Upon receiving his honorable discharge in May of 1969, the couple moved to Danbury. Bonnie passed away on January 31, 2001. Ron worked at Barry Motor for 10 years. He then spent 23 years at Farmland in Denison, retiring in 2002. Shortly thereafter he began working for the city of Danbury on a part-time basis. He took pride in his work, most notably keeping the park well groomed for Little League ball games. Ron enjoyed camping and getting together with friends to play cards. He was a member of the Danbury Fire Department. Survivors who will cherish Ron’s memory include his sons, Scott of Danbury, and Eric and his wife, Michele of Elk Point, S.D.; three grandchildren, Samantha and Amber Jacoby and Michael Jacoby; a great-grandson, Evan Zimmerman; two brothers, Rick and Randy, both of Mapleton; and a sister, Kay and her husband, Ronald Uhl of Mapleton. Ron was preceded in death by his parents, Benedict and Betty Jacoby; and by his wife, Bonnie Jacoby. Pallbearers are Michael Jacoby, Kevin Prell, Dennis Boysen, Brandon Meyer, Greg Pithan, and Mike Boyle. Online condolences may be expressed at armstrongfuneral.com.