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 Ruth
S. Jacobus, 89, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Friday, August
19, 2011.
Born in Leola, she was the daughter of
the late John M. and Gertrude Groff Steffy.
She is survived by her son, Phillip O.
(Jacobus) Iacobucci, married to Tricia, and by her one and only
beloved grandson, Marc Iacobucci. Also surviving, are her 5 nieces
and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard E.
Steffy.
Ruth attended East Lampeter Elementary
School and graduated from East Lampeter High School. She went on
to graduate in 1943 from the Lancaster General Hospital School of
Nursing. Ruth then served 3 years in the US Navy, being accepted
in the Officer Nursing Training Corps, attaining the rank of
Lieutenant. During her service, she was stationed at Camp Perry,
Virginia, where she treated returning wounded US soldiers as well
as German Prisoners of War. At the end of World War II, Ruth
worked with the American Red Cross in Hibbing, Minnesota from 1945
to 1946 during the polio epidemic, followed by a 6 month stint at
the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN in their Lung Surgical
Department. She then studied at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Nursing, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science
in Nursing and Public Health in 1949. Ruth then worked at various
hospitals in the Philadelphia area, before returning to Lancaster.
Ruth was one of the original
organizers of the Lancaster Head Start Program, where she formed
their health component. Her years of service were from 1967, until
her retirement in 1994. She was later honored for her 27 years of
distinguished service by Head Start, with a building dedicated in
her name at their South Lime St. facilities.
Ruth had a great love for the game of
tennis, being an original member, founding officer, and lifetime
member of the Lancaster Tennis and Riding Club. She was a
nationally ranked senior player and, in April 2005, she was
inducted into the Lancaster County Tennis Hall of Fame. She was
also an accomplished bridge player, playing in several clubs,
attaining the status of Duplicate Bridge Player. She lived by the
phrase that “Tennis is for my movement, bridge is for my mental
agility”. Ruth’s other love was for her four-legged daughter,
“Bella”, her beloved English Springer Spaniel.
She is the former wife of the late Dr.
Aldo F. P. Jacobus, who died in 2001.
Friends will be received on Wednesday,
August 24, 2011 from 5-7PM at the Charles F. Snyder Jr Funeral
Home & Crematory, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz, PA. Interment services
will be private and at the convenience of the family. In lieu of
flowers, please make contributions in Ruth’s memory to Hospice of
Lancaster County, 685 Good Drive, Box 4125, Lancaster, PA
17604-4125 hospiceoflancaster.org or to the Humane League of
Lancaster County, 2195 Lincoln Hwy East. ,Lancaster, PA 17602. To
send an online condolence, please visit SnyderFuneralHome.com.
Charles F. Snyder Jr Funeral Home & Crematory 560-5100 |
