Franklin George Jacobson

He served in WW II in the South Pacific as a radio technician in the Navy. He worked as a plumbing contractor in Illinois.

He retired to San Antonio in 1982 from Glen Ellyn, IL where he lived with his wife for 38 years.

He was a member of Alamo Heights United Methodist Church and also of the American Legion for 51 years.

He was a volunteer at Methodist Hospital for many years and also loved to play the harmonica, clarinet and organ. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian Jacobson.

Franklin is survived by his daughters, Louise A. Butler and her husband, Lawton Butler, Jr. of Spring Branch, TX and Lori J. Mohan and her husband, John Mohan of Schaumburg, IL; 3 grandsons, Grant Jansen and his wife, Jackie, Douglas Mohan and Scott Mohan, all of Chicago; and sister, Leona Records of San Antonio.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Porter Loring Mortuary North.

the Rev. Michael Crocker officiating. Interment will follow in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Pallbearers will be John Mohan, Douglas Mohan, Scott Mohan, Grant Jansen, Ed Malesky and Gen. Jim Smith. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to the American Diabetes Association online @www.diabetes.org, by phone 1-800-342-2383 or mail to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1131, Fairfax, VA 22038.