Ellis Vern Jacobsen, “Jake or Vern", was born Feb. 26, 1956, in Council Bluffs. The son of Rolland and Karen (Baxter) Jacobsen.
Vern married Kim (Boysen) Traylor in 1973. They had two children, Tracy Lynn and Rolland William. 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 seven grandchildren, Garrett (Tiffany) Mace, Tanner (Maggie) Mace, Jonathan Johnson, Jozie Jacobsen, Madison Lustgraaf, Baylee Snelling, Jax Lustgraaf; one great-grandson, Noah Ross Mace; mother, Karen Jacobsen; brother, Terry (Corrine) Jacobsen; sister, Kathy (Bruce) Thomas; several nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
He is preceded in death by Father Rolland Eugene Jacobsen and sister Shari.
Services were conducted Dec. 6, 2024.
Arrangements made by Hennessey Funeral Home. Online Condolences, www.hennesseyonline.com.
