Deloy E. Jacobson

Elsinore, Utah - Our kind and beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother, DeLoy Evan Jacobson, age 76, died April 15, 2005 in Provo, Utah. He was born March 29, 1929 in Elsinore, Utah, a son of Charles and Vera Marble Jacobson. He married Barbara Utley, March 29, 1947 in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were later divorced. He married Mary Jane Dickinson Bird, December 6, 1974 in Elsinore, Utah. DeLoy was a Master Electrician and had worked for Jensen Electric for many years. He was a member of the LDS Church and had a strong belief in God. DeLoy enjoyed gardening and always raised a big garden and fed all of the neighborhood with the vegetables that he raised. He loved his flower gardens, especially the zinnias. DeLoy loved to fish and hunt and enjoyed gold mining. He would tinker with small engines and could repair about anything. He was always helping his neighbors fix broken things around their homes. He loved to sing and sang with his brother, Harvey. But most of all, DeLoy loved taking care of his wife, Jane. Everything in the house was made to fit her. Jane’s children would like to thank DeLoy for the love and tender care that he has given our mother over the past 31 years. He is survived by his wife, Jane, of Elsinore; his children: Cathy and Dean Jensen of Ogden; Deanne and Phil Jensen, Alan Jacobson, all of Elsinore; Jane’s children: Barbara and Jerry Huber, Riverton; Michael Bird, McGill, NV; Steven and Pauline Bird, Circleville; Tom and Helen Bird, Central Valley; Becky and Sterling Delbridge, McCammon, ID; Pamela and Todd O’Neal, Salt Lake City; Georgia and Ronnie Lund, Aurora; 21 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; brother, Larry and Ann Julander of Elsinore; sister-in-law: Gwendolyn Jacobson of Elsinore. He was preceded in death by two grandsons; a brother, Harvey Jacobson and two sisters, Norma Mattson and Ilene Jacobson. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at 1:00 P.M. in the Elsinore LDS Ward Chapel. Friends may visit with the family at the ward chapel in Elsinore, Wednesday morning from 11:00 to12:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Elsinore Cemetery under the direction of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield, Salina and Gunnison, Utah.