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Galen Hegge Jacobson

April 26, 1923 - Sept. 21, 2017

Galen H. Jacobson, 94,

of Drake, passed away

September 21, 2017, at

the Minot Health and

Rehab Center in Minot,

ND.

Galen Jacobson, son of

Reuben B. and Pearl E.

(Hegge) Jacobson, was

born April 26, 1923, at

Drake, ND where he was

raised and educated, gra-

duating from Drake High

School in 1941.

Following graduation

from Drake High School,

Galen filled wholesale

warehouse orders for

three years at C. H. Burch.

From 1945 to 1962 he was

employed in Drake by

O.W. Fors Construction.

Galen then joined the con-

struction union and from

1962 to 1975 worked in

Minot for Orheim-Alm

Construction, followed by

seven years with Benton &

Voebrecht Constuction,

also of Minot. After work-

ing for three and a half

years building the

gasification/power plant

in Beulah, Galen retired

in 1986.

Galen was very proud

of Drake High School’s

6-man football accom-

plishments in which he

played halfback. The team

claimed a state champion-ship in 1938, posted a

second-place showing in

1939 and nabbed a share

of the title in 1940.

Galen served as alder-

man for the Drake City

Council from 1977 to

1982 and was the mayor

of Drake from April of

1982 to April of 1990. He

was the sexton of the

Drake City Cemetery for

many years.

On August 28, 1944, he

was married to Alice E.

Burgemeister in Drake,

where they raised five

children and had resided

since. Alice passed away

Oct. 8, 2011.

He was a member of the

Trinity Lutheran Church

of Drake.

Galen is survived by:

three sons, Duane (Lucia)

Jacobson, of Leeds, Jim

(Terri) Jacobson, of Great

Falls, Mont., and Keith

Jacobson, of West Fargo;

two daughters, Judi Isaak,

of Drake, and Mickey

(Drew) Fonder, of Rey-

nolds; 11 grandchildren;

18 great-grandchildren;

and numerous cousins,

nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in

death by: his wife Alice;

his parents; his brother,

Dewayne Jacobson; and

his great-grandson, Calvin

Galen Isaak.

Funeral: Wednesday,

September 27, at 2 p.m.,

at Trinity Lutheran

Church in Drake.

Burial: Drake City

Cemetery.

Visitation: Will be held

Tuesday, September 26,

from 3 to 6 p.m. at

Bethke-Nelson Funeral

Home in Drake.

Online condolences

may be shared at nelson-

funeral homesnd.com