Elsie Josephine Jacobson

(September 24, 1921 - )
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Fred & Elsie Cueno
     Elsie Josephine Jacobson was born on Saturday, September 24, 1921 in Delmar, Clinton County, Iowa, daughter of Carsten Peter Jacobson and Nettie Josephine Lohmier.1

Elsie married Fred Cueno, son of Harry Earl Cueno and Ruby Loretta Lenhart, on November 21, 1942, in Maquoketa, Jackson County, Iowa.1
Fred & Elsie Cueno


On June 7, 1974, her daughter, Susan, married Loyd L. Jones.1,2

Elsie died on Thursday, May 31, 2001 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinios. She was 79 years old.3 She was laid to rest in the Harmony United Reform Church Cemetery in Zwingle, Jackson County, Iowa.3

Her obituary in an unidentified undated newspaper reads:
Elsie J. Cueno


Zwingle, Iowa – Elsie J. Cueno, 79 of Rock Island, Illinois, formally of Zwingle, Iowa, died at 6:00 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2001, at Trinity West Medical Center, Rock Island.

Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Harmony United Church of Christ, Zwingle. Burial of the cremated remains will be in the church cemetery. There will be no public visitation. The Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road, Dubuque, is in charge of arrangements.

She was born on September 24, 1921, in Delmar, daughter of Peter and Nettie (Lohmier) Jacobson.

She married Fred Cueno on November 22, 1942. They farmed in the Zwingle area from 1942 until they moved to Rock Island in 1955, where they owned and operated ACE Muffler clinic. In 1974, they started farming again in the Andulusia, Illinois, area until 1995.

She enjoyed crafts and knitting and was active in various PTA groups and volunteered with various hospitals and youth groups.

Surviving are her husband, Fred, of Rock Island; two sons, Ron (Peggy) Cueno, of Bettendorf, and Fred II “Butch” (Genie) Cueno, of Taylor Ridge, Illinois; a daughter, Sue (Lloyd) Jones, of Edgington, Illinois; and eight grandchildren and a great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by three daughters.

[Note: For ease of reading, minor editing and expanded abbreviations were made in the above text].4

Children of Elsie Josephine Jacobson and Fred Cueno

Citations

  1. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn: FGS. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  2. [S268] Susan Ann Jones, "Family Group Sheet - Susan (Cueno) Jones", 26 Jun 2005 (Taylor Ridge, Illinois). Hereinafter cited as "FGS."
  3. [S244] Harry Cueno Obituary, Unidentified newspaper clipping, Jackson County, Iowa area, Sept 1942, Elsie Cueno' obituary. Hereinafter cited as Obituary - Cueno, Harry.
  4. [S244] Harry Cueno Obituary, Unidentified newspaper clipping, Jackson County, Iowa area, Sept 1942. Hereinafter cited as Obituary - Cueno, Harry.
 


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