Richard Jacobson

It has been two days since i have been able to blog, and lets just say the last two days haven't been easy. Last Saturday my grandpa got placed into hospice in Souix Falls, South Dakota. My mom flew up to Souix Falls on Tuesday and every day the nurse would say it would be a miracle if he would have it another night. However my grandfather kept hanging on. Each day when i talked to my mom i could hear the sadness in her voice. There are four kids in the family and three of them were up staying with my grandpa all week and the last child was coming on Friday.

On Thursday a family friend came into my work to check on how my grandpa was doing. I explained what was going on and how the last of the four is coming up tomorrow, and Sandy looked at me and said he is waiting for the last child to get there.  Sure enough right when my uncle Dan got there a few hours later Richard Jacobson had his last breath. All four of his kids, a few of the spouses and a few grandkids were all able to be around his bed side when he passed. How many people can say that has happened, God surely had a place to making that all work out.  Now the hole family is here staying in a friends of ours house, we are under one roof were we have time to just sit and laugh and cry over the joyful life that he lived. 


My Grandfather was a man of being simple, cheep, and humorous. Every time we went up to his farm he would always find the humorous side of things, and make everyone laugh. He always took us to Culvers, that was his thing and it was always a treat. Every time in the future when i go to Culvers, i'll think of him. He raised sheep and loved canoeing. My last memory of him was when he took us up to the nearest lake and he canoed all around and he was sooo happy, again it goes back to that simple lifestyle. being out on the lake is a peaceful setting where you can just embrace the nature and water. 
This week will be a hard, death is never a easy matter. 
However rejoicing in his life is the way to look at it.


I ask for your prayers in this time of lost. Please pray for the pain and also the details that are overwhelming the four kids. My mom and her siblings are going through so much as far as finance and the will that he left. So pray for a sense of peace to rain over all the Jacobson family.  In one of my aunts facebook post, she updated her satuts and i'm going to steal it...

"He just canoed off to heaven."