Frieda Jacober, age 97 of Bismarck, formerly of Elgin, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at St. Gabriel's Care Center in Bismarck.
Funeral Services are scheduled for Friday, June, 17, 2016 at 11:00 am CDT at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Mandan, ND. Pastor Ryan Wolfe will officiate with burial at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Elgin. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral service at the church on Friday.
FRIEDA PASTIAN was born February 1, 1919, in Burt, ND to Jacob and Mary (Iszler) Pastian. She was the second of eleven children born to her parents, and she was raised on the family farm near Burt.
Frieda married Robert Jacober of New Leipzig, ND on October 29, 1944. They raised three daughters, Mary, Charlene (Char), and Darlene (Dar). They farmed in numerous places in western North Dakota, made their home in Elgin, and retired in New Leipzig. Frieda enjoyed fishing, gardening, embroidering, quilting, and crafts. She was employed by Lorenzen Memorial Hospital in Elgin for 30 years. Frieda was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Elgin, and Redeemer Lutheran Church, Mandan, ND.
Frieda is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Mary (Robert) Vogel, Mandan, ND; Char Jacober, Belize, Central America; and Dar (Dale) Helfrich, Mandan, ND; six grandchildren, Scott Jensen, LaTina Jensen Dowler, Troy (Sherry) Morris, Kelly (Marcy) Morris, Gabriel Helfrich, and Danielle Grove; eight great-grandchildren, Mason and Lauren Dowler, Matthew and Whitley Morris, Samantha, Zackery, and April Morris, and Graysen Grove; two sisters, Martha Edwardson, Minneapolis, MN, and Rose Hawn, Mott, ND; and one sister-in-law, Esther Pastian, Mott,ND.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Robert Jacober; six brothers, Rienhold, William, George, David, Victor, and Johnnie Pastian, and two sisters, Alice Fry and infant sister, Elisa.
A special thank you to the Staff of St. Gabriel's Care Center for the care they gave Frieda during the past year of her stay. Frieda's children are especially grateful for the understanding and patience that the staff of St. Gabriel's Care Center showed them during the last few days of her life.