James "Jim" Jacobs

February 24, 1927 - January 4, 2021

Jim Jacobs, 93 of Shelton passed away Monday, January 4, 2021 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 15, 2021 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney with Pastor Dean Pofahl officiating. Interment will follow at Kearney Cemetery with military honors provided by the Gibbon American Legion Post #310 in conjunction with the Nebraska National Guard Honors Team. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Central Nebraska Veterans Home. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. James Benton Jacobs was born February 24, 1927 in Kearney, Nebraska to Roy and Erna (Schauer) Jacobs. Jim was raised near Shelton and attended Shelton High School, graduating with the class of 1944. On October 8, 1950, Jim was united in marriage to Doris Blue at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lowell. To this union three children were blessed. Jim served in the U.S. Army form November of 1950 until his honorable discharge in August of 1952. He served in Korea during the Korean War from March of 1951 to February of 1952. The couple made their home south of Gibbon where Jim farmed and raised cattle until 1992. He later drove truck, retiring in 2010. Jim was a longtime member of the Gibbon American Legion Post #310. Left to cherish his memory are his daughters, Renee (Roger) Swearingen of Gibbon and Connie (Randy) Scarrow of Norton, KS; son, Brian Jacobs of Gibbon; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Kelly (Orville) Vincent of Sargent and daughters, Sidney and Carsen and nephew, Daniel Vincent and family; Tyler (Kim) Swearingen of Kearney and children, Carter and Avrie; Misti (Jon) Schroeder of Kearney and children, Devin of Lincoln and MaKennah, Charley, Ryaan and Makenzie; Brandon Jacobs of Lincoln and daughters, Brianna and Brielle; Danette Jacobs of Gibbon and daughters, Desirae, Destiny and Josa, Arianna and Atticus; Seth Jacobs of Kearney and children, Sienna and Xavier; Geoff (Anita) Wieland of Wheatland, WY and children, Gunner, Josey and Ziva; Reiley Wieland of Ravenna; Mallory Pinger of Vine Grove, KY and son, Carson; Jeremy Scarrow of Lincoln; sister-in-law, Della Wallace of Kearney; nieces, Trudy Jacobs, Candi Michel, Marcene Bauer;and nephew, Cary Blue. Jim was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Doris Jacobs; and brother, Robert Jacobs; and an infant sister.