Marlene D. Jacobs

Marlene D. Jacobs “Lee” 84 of Sioux City passed away Wednesday November 25, 2020.  Family Graveside Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 4, 2020 at Memorial Park Cemetery.  Visitation, with family present, will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 3, 2020 at Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City, Nebraska.  Online condolences may be offered at www.meyerbroschapels.com

Lee was born March 9, 1936 in Mosinee, WI to Anton and Irene Bukovic. The family moved to Chicago, IL where she attended school. She married R. Benedict and from this union, 3 daughters were born. In 1968, she married her “Great Love” Jack G. Jacobs Sr. and added 5 more stepchildren to her family. The family then moved to the Sioux City area where she finished raising her family. Lee and Jack then moved to Des Moines, IA where she continued to reside until retirement. She then went to live with 1 of her daughters to be closer to her family.

Lee held various positions within the food industry, but her favorites included working at the “Tea Room” in Younkers and as a Dietician Supervisor at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. You could also find her taking care of her grandchildren when given the chance. She was called “Gramma Louie” named after her dog Louie.

She loved decorating the house for her favorite holidays, Christmas and Easter. Her other hobbies include gardening and canning, planning parties, watching old movies, cooking, reading, working crossword puzzles, traveling, and shopping.

Survivors include: two daughters Jacki (James) Kajewski and Bonnie (Mike) Wolterman both of Sioux City; two sisters Sandra “Sam” Bandemer of WI and Sharon Shelton of IL; brother Robert (Barb) Bukovic of MN, step children Jack Jr, Becky, Pam, and Jill; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Ricki Lee Ward, son-in-law John A. Ward Jr., brother Richard Bukovic, brothers-in-law Danny Bandemer and Norman Shelton Sr., stepson Greg Jacobs, and an infant son.

The family would like to thank all her caregivers for the care given and the sacrifices they made!