Ellis Vern “Jake” Jacobsen

Visitation will be 5:00p.m.-7:00p.m. Thursday, December 5, 2024 at Hennessey Funeral Home in Missouri Valley, Iowa.

Funeral Service will be 10:30a.m. Friday, December 6, 2024 at Hennessey Funeral Home.

Ellis Vern
Jacobsen, “Jake or Vern”, was born February 26, 1956, in Council Bluffs,
IA. The son of Rolland and Karen (Baxter) Jacobsen.

Vern married Kim (Boysen)
Traylor in 1973. They had 2 children, Tracy Lynn and Rolland Jacobsen. Vern and
Kim divorced in 1989, and Vern moved to Council Bluffs and started a trash
hauling company. He then started collecting all sorts of antiques. It started
with just one shelf with cobalt blue glass pieces. He then finally moved back
to Missouri Valley and his collection grew largely, so much that he had to
build another room onto his house. Besides his antiques he loved muscle cars
and would frequently talk about the 1/4 mile that he would run his challenger
down. At any time, you could find him sitting in the garage behind his house
tinkering on something or trying to straighten out a piece of metal when he
could easily find a better one across the tracks.

He loved his
children and family very much.

Vern is survived
by his daughter Tracy “Chad” Lustgraaf and his son Rolland Jacobsen.
Vern had 7 grandchildren Garrett (Tiffany) Mace, Tanner (Maggie) Mace, Jonathan
Johnson, Jozie Jacobsen, Madison Lustgraaf, Baylee Snelling, Jax Lustgraaf. 1
great grandson Noah Ross Mace. mother Karen Jacobsen, brother Terry Jacobsen,
sister Kathy Thomas, several nieces and nephews, and great nieces and great
nephews.

He is preceded in
death by Father Rolland Eugene Jacobsen and sister Shari.