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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)