Death of Harold Jacobson

[darlene]

A prominent resident of British Columbia and a great financial contributor to the Adventist Church in British Columbia died on November 11, 2004. Harold Jacobson, was one of the brothers who owned and operated the Jacobson Brothers Sawmill in williams Lake. He had heart disease and went to his rest on the 30th at 83 years of age. His Memorial will be on the 11th, I believe. After selling their mill, Odt Jacobson went to help establish Fountain View Academy while Harold invested in real estate, among other things.

Through the years they contributed money and lumber to build several Adventist churches/schools and Camp Hope in the BC Conference.

[darlene]

Tomorrow, December 11, is Harold Jacobson's memorial in Williams Lake. The memorial will be held in the largest church in town because the attendance will be very large and because the SDA Church was recently burned by an arsonist attack. Fortunately ther arsonists were caught and the church is being remodelled.

Many of the men who through the years worked for Jacobson Brothers have commented that they were very good employers who were kind and treated their employees very well. That is a testament to the kind of men the brothers were.

I understand that will be many attending the memorial from across the province and Canada. Harold Jacobson and the other Jacobson brothers supported and provided supplies for many church buildings and Canadian University College.

[darlene]

My aunt whose husband and son worked for Harold Jacobson for several years attended his memorial and said this in her letter, December 17th:

"Harold Jacobson who owned the Jacobson Forest Products until about 6 years ago, died Nov. 30. His funeral was Dec. 11 at 2 pm. It was a big one. All the children and grandones were there, also his wife, Sharon and his former wife, Verna. There were a lot of flowers and a lot of food. Harold did help out a lot of schools and churches with lumber. He was a good man."