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May 20, 1928-March 30, 2021
Carl Martin Jacobsen,
husband for 68 years, fa-
ther of 4, grandfather to
12, and great-grandfather
to 17, died March 30,
2021 at the age of 92, fol-
lowing a quick and migh-
ty battle with cancer. He
was born on May 20, 1928
to Arthur and Martha
(Tinglestad) Jacobsen at
home.
Funeral Services will
be held at 11:00 AM on
Saturday, April 3, 2021, at
the All Nations Lutheran
Church in Rock Lake, ND
with Rev. Scott Ramey of-
ficiating. Visitation will be
from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM
on Friday, April 2, 2021 at
the Dunnigan-Dix Funeral
Home in Cando, ND. Visi-
tation will begin one hour
prior to the service at the
church on Saturday. Buri-
al services will follow at
All Nations Lutherans
Cemetery. You are invited
to join the family for
lunch following the grave-
side services. In lieu of
flowers, donations may be
made in Carl's honor to
the Rock Lake Cafe, Rock
Lake Boosters, or the
NDFU Foundation. Cards
and memorial can be
mailed to: The Jacobsen
Family, Myron Jacobsen,
9966 64th Ave. NE, Rock
Lake, ND 58365.
Everyone is welcome to
stream the service
through the Dunnigan-Dix
Facebook Page.
Dad graduated from
Rock Lake High School
and attended State School
of Science in Wahpeton,
ND. He lost his father at
the age of 21 and at that
point stepped in to
manage the farm opera-
tion. He began a success-
ful career as a farmer
which spanned the next
70 years, embracing
changes in technology
from horses to GPS guid-
ed equipment.
Carl met his bride at a
barn dance and it was
love at first site. He mar-
ried Marlys Martz on No-
vember 18, 1951 in her
parent's home in Cando,
and began their life on the
Jacobsen farmstead
northwest of Rock Lake.
Dad had a love of
music. Country music be-
came popular in his youth
and dad would listen and
sing to the radio for hours
– he was hooked! At the
age of 21 he convinced his
mom to buy him his first
guitar. Montgomery Ward
$20. It was a lot of money
at that time. It came with
a couple lessons, and then
he went on to teach him-
self to play. Over the span
of 60+ years dad played
guitar, sang and recruited
band members for many
different groups. He
played in towns all over
the area with the Towner
County Tune Twisters,
The Grandpas, the
Memories and more. He
shared his love of music
by teaching some of his
kids and grandkids to play
guitar. He was an avid fan
of Lawrence Welk and set
aside time each week to
watch the show. "They
just don't make shows like
that anymore!" He and
mom were also members
of a square dancing club
and enjoyed many years
of square dancing com-
plete with matching out-
fits sewn by mom.
Dad was proud of his
Norwegian heritage and
had a particular fondness
for lefse and, well, all
desserts and COFFEE. He
particularly loved caramel
rolls and pie and
somehow, almost to the
end, managed to have one
or more of each most
days. He enjoyed enter-
taining and would light
up when friends, and
especially his kids, came a
calling! He liked playing
cards and was an incredi-
bly skilled (and lucky!)
cribbage player, playing
with mom daily.
Dad had a goal to live to
be 100 years old and was
on track to follow in the
footsteps of his 104 year
old mother until cancer
attacked him with a
vengeance. He was an
avid cross country skier
and walker, and rarely
missed a day of some kind
of exercise up until the
time of his passing. He
loved being outside, and
enjoyed hunting water-
fowl and deer. He had the
distinction of deer hunt-
ing every year since 1950:
he shot a 5 point buck
just months before his
death. He enjoyed
snowmobiling and had
them tuned up and ready
to go for this winter.
Dad was a life-long
member and elder of All
Nations Lutheran Church,
served on the cemetery
board and took custodial
care of the church for
many years. He served on
the Towner County Farm-
ers Union board and the
North Central Grain
Elevator board.
Carl is survived by:
daughters Laurel Lashuay,
Deana Heisler (Doyle),
Leana Wilson (Dennis),
and son Myron Jacobsen
(Robyn); his brother
James Jacobsen, age 80,
sisters Alice Lamkin, age
95, and Joyce McDowell,
age 85 (lots of longevity in
the family!); grandchil-
dren - Shaylee
Biedzrycki, Angela Wal-
ton, Anthony Lashuay
and Teresa Lashuay; Allie
Heisler and Taylor
Heisler; Chasity Ranzino,
Kelly Smith and Brian
Wilson; Nicole Evenson,
Alex Jacobsen, and Bren-
na Jacobsen, and 17
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by: his wife, Marlys
(Martz) Jacobsen, his
parents, and his sister,
Nona Martz.