Carmen (Alvarado) Jacobs
July 27, 1921 — February 23, 2017
Carmen Jacobs, 95, of Van Wert, passed away at 10:30 am Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Vancrest Health Care Center. Carmen was born in Granger, Texas on July 27, 1921 to Alberto and Sophia (Sanchez) Alvarado. She married William E. Jacobs on May 2, 1946 and he died on July 23, 1977.
Survivors include her daughter, Therese Marshall, of Van Wert and her son, Anthony (Jennifer) Jacobs of Pickerington, Ohio. Other survivors include three brothers, Paul Alvarado. John (Carol) Alvarado and Raymond (Mary Beth) Alvarado, two sisters, Dorothy Cuellar and Patsy (Charles) Mock, and a sister-in-law, Clare Alvarado. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Lisa (Ron) Schomaeker, Jason (Niki) Krol, Patrick and Carrie Mosier, Kylie, Kenna and Will Jacobs, and Kenneth (Karri) Marshall and Dawn Marshall. Her great-grandchildren include Shayla and Kellen Schomaeker, Bailey, Macee and Dodger Krol, Chance, Karla, Dharma and Annie Mosier, and London Marshall. She was preceded in death by her infant daughter, Teresa Marie, her daughter, Rosemary Hegemier, her son-in-law, John Marshall, two brothers, Joseph and Pete Alvarado, two sisters, Lupe Chavarria and Mary Hernandez, and two brothers-in-law, Jesse Cuellar and Sam Hernandez.
Carmen had worked at the Van Wert Manufacturing Company and the St. Mary's Canning Factory. She also did a lot of volunteer work at the Migrant Shop in Van Wert and the Council on Aging. She always had a smile on her face and was eager to help wherever she was needed. She also had a very deep faith in God which she passed on to her children.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM Monday, February 27, at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van Wert, with Father Stanley Szybka officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Delphos.
Visitation will be from 2-4 & 6-8 PM Sunday, February 26, at Brickner Funeral Home in Van Wert, where a Rosary Service will be held at 7:30 PM that evening.
Preferred memorials are to St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church for Masses or the Van Wert County Council on Aging