Arvis Jacobs 1949 - 2022
Obituaries-Mobridge / Posted Apr 23, 2022 | 7:50 AM / 513 views
Arvis Jacobs, 72, Bowdle, died Friday, April 22, 2022 at the Bowdle Hospital. Memorial services will be 10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Bowdle, led by Pastor David Peterson. Organist will be Dani Hoffman, the congregation will sing “How Great Thou Art”, “Rock of Ages”, and “Just as I Am”. “Jealous of the Angels” will be played as a recording. Ushers will be Joel Hoffman and Jeb Schock.
There will be a prayer service at Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle, 7:00 PM Tuesday.
Arvis’s Church service will be livestreamed at the Lien Family Funeral Care Facebook page. It will also be Livestreamed at the church on the Great Plains Parish You Tube channel.
Arvis Fae Lemke, daughter of Viola (Haupt) and Roy Lemke, was born July 14, 1949 at Hoven, SD. She was brought up on the Lemke farm two miles north of Bowdle. Her formal education consisted of Bowdle public School (BHS Class of 1967) and Stewart’s School of Hairstyling. Arvis married Roger Jacobs at Bowdle on March 31, 1968 and they lived their entire married life in Bowdle. Arvis worked as a cosmetologist with Lila Oster at Vanity Beauty Shop for five years and then took employment at the Bowdle Rope Factory. From 1982-1999, Arvis managed the Bowdle Senior Nutrition Center. In addition to these responsibilities, Arvis also spent 40+ years as a valuable assistant at the funeral home in Bowdle (Miller Funeral Home, now Lien Funeral Home). 24 years ago, however, she began her favorite “job” of grandma. Arvis was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bowdle and the Bowdle Mother’s Club. She enjoyed camping and she and Roger spent parts of three winters in Arizona. Arvis was intensely involved with her grandchildren and was their biggest fan.
Arvis is survived by Roger, her husband of 54 years; her son, Shane (Ashley) Jacobs of Bowdle; her daughter, Michelle (Robert) Heilman, of Westport, SD; four grandchildren—MacKenzie Hertel and Tyler Heilman of Groton, SD; and Jenisa Jacobs and Jade Jacobs of Bowdle; and a great grandson, Andrew of Groton.
She was preceded in death by her father, Roy, on August 8, 1977; her mother, Viola, on August 26, 1972; and her brother, Curtis, on November 27, 2007.
Services are in care of Lien Funeral Home, Bowdle.