In Loving Memory
Arlene Jacobsen

Memorials may be directed to HCI-Hospice Care or to the Ronald McDonald House of Central Iowa, Des Moines.

VISITATION
Sunday, November 1, 2015
4:00 - 7:00 P.M.
Martin-Mattice Funeral Home
Ruthven, Iowa

SERVICE
Monday, November 2, 2015
10:30 A.M.
United Methodist Church
Terril, Iowa

CLERGY
Rev. Rick Johnson

INTERMENT
Crown Hill Cemetery
Ruthven, Iowa

Arlene R. Jacobsen was born August 10, 1927, in Palo Alto County (near Ruthven), Iowa, the oldest child of seven born to Gustaf and Mabel Whitford Hanson.

Arlene graduated from Lake Center High School, Ruthven, IA, in 1944, and married Russell the following year. They lived on various farms in NW Iowa and at Rural Route Terril, until 1962, when they moved to Boone, IA, for 10 years. After that time the doctors told Russ that he needed to move to Arizona for health reasons, so they moved to Glendale, AZ until 1989, at which time they moved back to State Center to be near family. Arlene was caregiver to Russ for a year following his heart attack until his passing on June 26, 1992, and to her mother Mabel Hanson Smith for 20 years till her passing in May, 2013, at the age of 103.

After Russ' death, Arlene moved to Spencer, where she cared for her mother for the next 20 years and resided until the time of her death.

In her years of raising her family, Arlene always had a large garden and canned its produce. She was an excellent cook and also enjoyed crocheting. She worked outside the home at Berkley's in Spencer, Woolworth's in Boone, and Furr's Cafeteria in Phoenix.
Arlene R. Jacobsen, age 88, passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Ankeny, Iowa.

Arlene is survived by her two daughters, Janine Vaudt, Des Moines, Jo (Merritt) Krause of Ankeny. Grandchildren are: Bradley (Dawn) Vaudt and their five daughters Chelsea (Jonathan) Schleicher, Ashlea (Ben) Anderson, Lindsey, Kailea, Heidea; Brian (Lauri Sundo) Vaudt and their five children Morgan, Kylee, Addy, Blake, Jaia; Brady (Carrie Sawyer) and their five children Taylor, Tori, Drake, Gage, Max; Brenda (Dan) O'Malley and their children Erin, Caitlyn, Emily Julia; Kelly (Zach) Moore and their two children Zoey and Kellan; Jason and fiancée, Liz Pudenz. Arlene is survived by one great-great grandson, Isaiah Schleicher.

She is also survived by siblings, Pauline Fitch, Phoenix, AZ, Corine Herman, Waterloo, IA, Evy (Harlan) Maas, Terril, IA, Chuck (Arlene), Prescott Valley, AZ, Geraldine Green, Milford, IA, Gary (Catherine), Corvallis, MT. She is survived by her aunts Rena Hanson, Ruthven, IA, and Faye Beck, Cherokee, IA.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 ½ years, Russell; her parents, Gus and Mabel Hanson; her stepfather, Merwin Smith and her brother Wayne G. Hanson.

Arrangements by Martin-Mattice Funeral Home