Clarissa Helen Carkhuff and Nels W. Jacobsen
NELS W. JACOBSEN was born May 17, 1885 in Minden, Kearney, Nebraska,8264 and died August 16, 1979 in Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose County, Colorado.8264 He is buried in Valley Lawn Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.456
He married CLARISSA HELEN CARKHUFF on September 23, 1912 in Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado,8264 daughter of HARRIET WINSLOW BLAIR and JAMES HENRY CARKHUFF. She was born April 26, 1888 in Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas,8287 and died in May, 1977 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.8287 She is buried in Valley Lawn Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.456
Children of CLARISSA HELEN CARKHUFF and NELS W. JACOBSEN:
- DONALD JAMES JACOBSEN, b. August 6, 1917, Montrose County, Colorado;4532 m. CLARIBEL SMITH on January 29, 1940 in Moab, Grand, Utah8286; d. October 3, 1994.4532
- BETTY JEAN JACOBSEN, b. May 25, 1927, Orchard, Delta, Colorado;456 m. WILLIAM RUSSELL ROBERTS; d. February 5, 1988, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado;456 bur. Grand View Cemetery, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.456
Betty
Personal Information
Nels W. Jacobsen
- was a farmer8264
- was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Montrose, Colorado. 8264
Clarissa H. Carkhuff
- was a member of the Daughters of Veterans of the Civil War8287
- was a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union8287
- was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, Montrose, Colorado. 8287
Education
Clarissa H. Carkhuff
- graduated from Abilene High School, Dickenson County, Kansas8287
- attended Conservatory of Music, Chicago, Cook, Illinois8287
Marriage Announcements and News
Montrose Daily Press, October 19, 191212849
GIRLS PERPETRATE SURPRISE AND ARE THEMSELVES SURPRISED
A number of young ladies of the city Friday evening decided to surprise their friend, Miss Clarissa Carkhuff, with a miscellaneous shower in honor of her "supposed" approaching nuptials. Accordingly they perfected their arrangements and proceeded to the residence of the parents of their victim, around the hogback southwest of town.
The surprise was complete. "Miss Carkhuff" was also delighted. And again also she had a little private surprise up her own sleeve. After the customary felicitations on occasions of this character had been disposed of, she informed her guests, and incidentally her parents, that her name was no longer "Miss Carkhuff" but that on September 23 last she was married in Telluride to Mrs. Nels Jacobs of Norwood.
It may be mentioned that the second surprise was as complete as the first. But the guests quickly recovered their usual equanimity and the evening was very delightfully spent. Those present besides the hone guest, included Mrs. Nellie Thompson, Miss Minnie and Miss Blanche Markle, Miss Mayme and Miss Lute Sutherland, Miss Mary Thomas, Miss Leona Lamb, Miss Agnes Leisy, Miss Della Tagg, Miss Edith and Miss Mabel Baily and Miss Nellie Carkhuff.
Obituaries
Daily Sentinel, May 11, 19778287
Mrs. Nels W. Jacobsen
MONTROSE — Mrs. Clarissa Helen Jacobsen, 89, of 726 N. Nevada, Montrose, and a Montrose resident since 1908, died at the Valley Manor Nursing Home in Montrose following an extended illness.
Born April 26, 1888, at Solomon, Kan., she spent her childhood in Kansas, and was graduated from high school in Abilene, Kan. She attended the Conservatory of Music in Chicago, Ill.
On Sept. 23, 1912, she and Nels W. Jacobsen were married in Telluride. He survives.
Mrs. Jacobsen came to the Montrose area in 1908 with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsen lived in Happy Canyon for 38 years.
She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Montrose, and was also a member of the Daughters of Veterans of the Civil War and the WCTU.
Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Russell (Betty) Roberts of Montrose; a son, Donald J. Jacobsen of Montrose; a sister, Mrs. Nell Ritzman of Madera, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Daily Sentinel, August 17, 19798264
Nels W. Jacobsen
MONTROSE—Nels W. Jacobsen, 94, a long time Montrose resident, died at 9:20 p.m. Aug. 16 at Montrose Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Jacobsen was a retired farmer. He also served as a Montrose county commissioner from 1940-1948, as justice of the pace in the 1960s, as a police magistrate and was manager of the Montrose Consumers for a short time during the 1930s.
He was born May 17 ,1885 at Minden, Neb., and spent his childhood in Oklahoma, Texas and Nebraska. He moved to Montrose in 1909 and worked as a farmer in Redvale and Montrose.
He was married to Clarissa H. Carkhuff on Sept. 23, 1912, at Telluride. Mrs. Jacobsen died in 1977.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church of Montrose.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Russell (Betty) Roberts of Colona; one son, Don Jacobsen of Montrose; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
|---|---|---|
| June 20, 19003202 | Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas | |
| April 18, 19108263 | Montrose, Montrose, Colorado |
|
| January 15, 19208271 | Orchard, Montrose, Colorado |
|
| April 3, 19308272 | Orchard, Montrose, Colorado |
|
| April, 19408273 | Orchard, Montrose, Colorado |
|
