Rita Katherine Jacobs, 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at Syringa General Hospital in Grangeville, of natural causes.
Rita was born in Nezperce on May 13, 1920, to Carl and Katherine Scherer Bubel.
She attended St. Anthony's Catholic Grade School and graduated from Nezperce High School in 1938. Rita recounted that she and her siblings walked or rode the horse to school until one day her dad took her to the car and told her to drive, which she did.
Following graduation from high school, Rita worked for a number of businesses and families in the Nezperce area. She and four friends ventured to Portland, Ore., in the early 1940s, and Rita worked at the Rice Bowl Cafe until she was called home to help her parents after her brothers left for action in World War II.
On March 4, 1946, Rita married Larry (Red) Jacobs, and became a farm wife. Rita carried lunches to the harvest fields for the next 24 years, including her famous potato salad and brownies, which were loved by all. At night she had a hot meal ready for the "crew." Rita kept on cooking and especially loved it when her kids brought friends home from college. She was fond of recounting the baseball games she participated in, including the one where she had to run the bases in front of a 6-foot-6 college buddy of the boys.
Larry and Rita moved to town in 1974 and spent many years enjoying their children and grandchildren and life in general until Larry died in 2003, after 57 years of marriage. She was very proud of all her children and grandchildren. Known as something of a worry wart, Rita was well known for the phrase, "Call when you get there."
Rita loved to tell jokes. She was especially fond of telling jokes to Father Ken Arnzen who might include the non-risque ones in his sermon the next Sunday.
Another of Rita's loves was reading. She and her kids brought countless stacks of books home from the bookmobile over the years. In her later years, she was an assistant librarian at the Nezperce City Library and became well known for her reading recommendations. One of Rita's fondest wishes was to see the new Nezperce Community Library completed.
Rita was a lifelong member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nezperce and the Women of Holy Trinity. She was also a member of the Nezperce Hobby Club for many years. Following retirement, Rita and her sisters took an oft-remembered trip to Europe, where they visited their brother's grave in France. In her later years, Rita began oil painting with her classmates Hilda Baune and Estella Syron. The three of them spent countless companionable hours painting and laughing together. The homes of Rita's family are currently adorned with many of her paintings.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
She was predeceased by her husband; parents; brothers Fritz Bubel (killed in The Battle of the Bulge in WWII), Alois Bubel and Victor Bubel; and sister Mary Bubel.
Lewiston Tribune January 4, 2009
Rita was born in Nezperce on May 13, 1920, to Carl and Katherine Scherer Bubel.
She attended St. Anthony's Catholic Grade School and graduated from Nezperce High School in 1938. Rita recounted that she and her siblings walked or rode the horse to school until one day her dad took her to the car and told her to drive, which she did.
Following graduation from high school, Rita worked for a number of businesses and families in the Nezperce area. She and four friends ventured to Portland, Ore., in the early 1940s, and Rita worked at the Rice Bowl Cafe until she was called home to help her parents after her brothers left for action in World War II.
On March 4, 1946, Rita married Larry (Red) Jacobs, and became a farm wife. Rita carried lunches to the harvest fields for the next 24 years, including her famous potato salad and brownies, which were loved by all. At night she had a hot meal ready for the "crew." Rita kept on cooking and especially loved it when her kids brought friends home from college. She was fond of recounting the baseball games she participated in, including the one where she had to run the bases in front of a 6-foot-6 college buddy of the boys.
Larry and Rita moved to town in 1974 and spent many years enjoying their children and grandchildren and life in general until Larry died in 2003, after 57 years of marriage. She was very proud of all her children and grandchildren. Known as something of a worry wart, Rita was well known for the phrase, "Call when you get there."
Rita loved to tell jokes. She was especially fond of telling jokes to Father Ken Arnzen who might include the non-risque ones in his sermon the next Sunday.
Another of Rita's loves was reading. She and her kids brought countless stacks of books home from the bookmobile over the years. In her later years, she was an assistant librarian at the Nezperce City Library and became well known for her reading recommendations. One of Rita's fondest wishes was to see the new Nezperce Community Library completed.
Rita was a lifelong member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nezperce and the Women of Holy Trinity. She was also a member of the Nezperce Hobby Club for many years. Following retirement, Rita and her sisters took an oft-remembered trip to Europe, where they visited their brother's grave in France. In her later years, Rita began oil painting with her classmates Hilda Baune and Estella Syron. The three of them spent countless companionable hours painting and laughing together. The homes of Rita's family are currently adorned with many of her paintings.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
She was predeceased by her husband; parents; brothers Fritz Bubel (killed in The Battle of the Bulge in WWII), Alois Bubel and Victor Bubel; and sister Mary Bubel.
Lewiston Tribune January 4, 2009
Rita Katherine Jacobs, 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at Syringa General Hospital in Grangeville, of natural causes.
Rita was born in Nezperce on May 13, 1920, to Carl and Katherine Scherer Bubel.
She attended St. Anthony's Catholic Grade School and graduated from Nezperce High School in 1938. Rita recounted that she and her siblings walked or rode the horse to school until one day her dad took her to the car and told her to drive, which she did.
Following graduation from high school, Rita worked for a number of businesses and families in the Nezperce area. She and four friends ventured to Portland, Ore., in the early 1940s, and Rita worked at the Rice Bowl Cafe until she was called home to help her parents after her brothers left for action in World War II.
On March 4, 1946, Rita married Larry (Red) Jacobs, and became a farm wife. Rita carried lunches to the harvest fields for the next 24 years, including her famous potato salad and brownies, which were loved by all. At night she had a hot meal ready for the "crew." Rita kept on cooking and especially loved it when her kids brought friends home from college. She was fond of recounting the baseball games she participated in, including the one where she had to run the bases in front of a 6-foot-6 college buddy of the boys.
Larry and Rita moved to town in 1974 and spent many years enjoying their children and grandchildren and life in general until Larry died in 2003, after 57 years of marriage. She was very proud of all her children and grandchildren. Known as something of a worry wart, Rita was well known for the phrase, "Call when you get there."
Rita loved to tell jokes. She was especially fond of telling jokes to Father Ken Arnzen who might include the non-risque ones in his sermon the next Sunday.
Another of Rita's loves was reading. She and her kids brought countless stacks of books home from the bookmobile over the years. In her later years, she was an assistant librarian at the Nezperce City Library and became well known for her reading recommendations. One of Rita's fondest wishes was to see the new Nezperce Community Library completed.
Rita was a lifelong member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nezperce and the Women of Holy Trinity. She was also a member of the Nezperce Hobby Club for many years. Following retirement, Rita and her sisters took an oft-remembered trip to Europe, where they visited their brother's grave in France. In her later years, Rita began oil painting with her classmates Hilda Baune and Estella Syron. The three of them spent countless companionable hours painting and laughing together. The homes of Rita's family are currently adorned with many of her paintings.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
She was predeceased by her husband; parents; brothers Fritz Bubel (killed in The Battle of the Bulge in WWII), Alois Bubel and Victor Bubel; and sister Mary Bubel.
Lewiston Tribune January 4, 2009
Rita was born in Nezperce on May 13, 1920, to Carl and Katherine Scherer Bubel.
She attended St. Anthony's Catholic Grade School and graduated from Nezperce High School in 1938. Rita recounted that she and her siblings walked or rode the horse to school until one day her dad took her to the car and told her to drive, which she did.
Following graduation from high school, Rita worked for a number of businesses and families in the Nezperce area. She and four friends ventured to Portland, Ore., in the early 1940s, and Rita worked at the Rice Bowl Cafe until she was called home to help her parents after her brothers left for action in World War II.
On March 4, 1946, Rita married Larry (Red) Jacobs, and became a farm wife. Rita carried lunches to the harvest fields for the next 24 years, including her famous potato salad and brownies, which were loved by all. At night she had a hot meal ready for the "crew." Rita kept on cooking and especially loved it when her kids brought friends home from college. She was fond of recounting the baseball games she participated in, including the one where she had to run the bases in front of a 6-foot-6 college buddy of the boys.
Larry and Rita moved to town in 1974 and spent many years enjoying their children and grandchildren and life in general until Larry died in 2003, after 57 years of marriage. She was very proud of all her children and grandchildren. Known as something of a worry wart, Rita was well known for the phrase, "Call when you get there."
Rita loved to tell jokes. She was especially fond of telling jokes to Father Ken Arnzen who might include the non-risque ones in his sermon the next Sunday.
Another of Rita's loves was reading. She and her kids brought countless stacks of books home from the bookmobile over the years. In her later years, she was an assistant librarian at the Nezperce City Library and became well known for her reading recommendations. One of Rita's fondest wishes was to see the new Nezperce Community Library completed.
Rita was a lifelong member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Nezperce and the Women of Holy Trinity. She was also a member of the Nezperce Hobby Club for many years. Following retirement, Rita and her sisters took an oft-remembered trip to Europe, where they visited their brother's grave in France. In her later years, Rita began oil painting with her classmates Hilda Baune and Estella Syron. The three of them spent countless companionable hours painting and laughing together. The homes of Rita's family are currently adorned with many of her paintings.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
She was predeceased by her husband; parents; brothers Fritz Bubel (killed in The Battle of the Bulge in WWII), Alois Bubel and Victor Bubel; and sister Mary Bubel.
Lewiston Tribune January 4, 2009
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