Obert Edwin Jacobson Jr.
June 13, 1940-Feb. 23, 2021
Obert Edwin Jacobson,
Jr., the son of Obert E. and
Irene (Anderson) Jacob-
son, Sr. was born on June
13, 1940 in Drake, North
Dakota. He died at the age
of 80 years on Tuesday,
February 23, 2021 at the
Souris Valley Care Center
in Velva, North Dakota
following a brief illness.
He married Nancy Titus
on July 8, 1963 in Oakes,
ND. Nancy died June 5,
1999. Obert married Mer-
rie Schmidt on September
3, 2016 at Faith Lutheran
Church in Towner.
He is survived by: his
wife, Merrie; his children,
Rita (Ernie) Lystad of
Granville, Edwin of
Towner and Scott (Cam-
eron) of Grand Forks; 3
Grandsons, 3 Grand-
daughters; 1
great-grandson; 1
great-granddaughter; his
stepchildren, Julie (Meni-
no) Fernandes of Farming-ton, MN, Katelyn Carabal-lo (Steven Kerchner) of
Cincinnati, OH, Samuel
(Chenise) Leighton of
Towner and Bobbi Leigh-
ton of Bismarck; 6 step-
grandchildren.
A Private Family
Memorial Service will be
held on Monday, at Faith
Lutheran Church in
Towner. A public grave-
side service will be held
in the summer at St.
Cecilia’s Cemetery, Town-
er all to be announced
then. His service will be
videoed and uploaded
after and to read the full
obituary and sign the on-
line guestbook visit:
www.funerals
byanderson.com.
(Anderson Funeral
Home, Towner, ND)