Roy E. Jacobs

Goshen

(from the Middletown Times Herald Record, January 11, 1968)

Died January 9, 1968

Funeral services for Roy E. Jacobs, 75, of Scotchtown Rd., Goshen, will be at 10 Saturday at St. John's Roman Catholic Church, 71 Murray Ave., Goshen.

He died Wednesday, at his home after a long illness.

He was born June 4, 1892, in the Town of Wallkill. He was the son of Nial Jacobs and Emma Beaupre.

Mr. Jacobs married the former Mary Ann Rielly, who survives.

He was a retired produce farmer. He was a communicant of St. John's Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Also surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Louise Clauson, Mrs. Bessie Van Benschoten, and Mrs. Ruth Hinkle, all of Middletown, Mrs. Mary E. Hoskins of Montgomery, Mrs. Rhodella Cox of Goshen; four brothers, Harry of Circleville, John of Silver Lake, Irving of New Mexico, and Kenneth of Texas.

The Knights of Columbus will recite the Rosary at the Donovan Funeral Home, 82 S. Church St., Goshen, at 8 Friday night.

Burial will be in St. John's Cemetary, Goshen.

Friends may call at the funeral home Friday 2-4 and 7-9.