Funeral services for Martha Jacobs, age 96, of Carson, ND, will be held at 1:00 p.m. MT on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin, ND. Pastor Ken Trana will officiate with burial to follow in the Carson Community Cemetery. Military honors will be afforded by Walter J. Thome American Legion Post #45 of Carson, ND.

Martha passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital and Care Center in Elgin, ND.

Martha is survived by her daughter, Katherine Jacobs, Carson, ND; five nieces, Patsy (Dan) Griffin, Pueblo, CO, Leota (Gene) Linehan, Oelrichs, SD, Kay Stevenson, Carson, ND, Sue Mosley, in California and Beth (Tom) Feldman, Saratoga, CA; and three nephews, James (Brenda) Well, Folson, CA, Clarence (Susan) Jacobs, in New Zealand and Phil Dittus.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Katherina Dittus; her husband, John Jacobs; one sister, Lorraine (Robert) Well; one brother, Milton (Mildred) Dittus; brothers-in-law, Clarence (Marilla) Jacobs and Everett (Gertrude) Jacobs; sister-in-law, Karen (John) Stevenson; and one niece, Alice Jacobs.