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SAMUEL C. JACOBS

Samuel C. Jacobs, 85, of Harrisburg died Sunday in Harrisburg Hospital.

He was retired as a supervisor from the Harrisburg Post Office and Jacobs Brothers TV Sales and Service.

He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church, Corn Planter Tribe 61 Improved Order of Redmen and Elks Lodge 12.

He was a former member of Swatara Planning Commission, and he liked hunting, fishing and gardening.

Surviving are his wife, Margaret M. Jacobs; four sons, Ronald of Lansdale, Richard of Paxtang, Arthur of Manchester, N.H., and John of Chambersburg; two daughters, Sharon Pascua of Apollo Beach, Fla., and Diane Jacobs of Harrisburg; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at his church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Swatara Twp.

Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Neill Funeral Home, Paxtang, with an Elks service at 8: 15 p.m. and prayer service at 8: 30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to 82nd Airborne Division Association, Central Pennsylvania Chapter, 1425 Crooked Hill Road, Harrisburg 17106.

(The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, 2 May 2000, Page B2 - courtesy of Tedd Cocker)
 


[courtesy of B. Felix]

Grave marker for Samuel C. Jacobs and spouse in Holy Cross Cemetery, Swatara Twp. (Dauphin county), Pennsylvania.

Samuel enlisted at Harrisburg, PA on 3 February 1943.

On 7 March 1945 Cpl Jacobs was transferred to Co H, 508th PIR from the 11th Reinforcement Depot.

SSgt Jacobs was discharged on 4 January 1946.