[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 177 (Monday, December 15, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2554-E2555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO MAYBELL JEANNE JACOBSON

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                       HON. MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 15, 2003

  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, today, I want to pay tribute to a 
remarkable woman I was privileged to call my friend, Maybell Jeanne 
Jacobson. Jeanne passed away on October 10, 2003 following a long and 
valiant struggle with cancer.
  Jeanne is survived by her husband, MG Hilding Leonard Jacobson, Jr.; 
by her son, George Chester, and her children by marriage, Grant and 
Linda Jacobson. She is also survived by her mother, Maude Haston, her 
sister Elsie Haston, and two brothers, Bud and Ernest Haston, all of 
whom remain in Sacramento. She leaves behind many others who love her, 
among them Mr. Pan Kayochar Todd of Tampa, FL, who became part of her 
extended family.
  Jeanne was born on a small farm in Missouri on July 16, 1928. She 
spoke often of this rolling Missouri farm, of apple trees in the 
spring, with blossoms so fragrant, and birds singing in the fields as 
sun warmed the early morning air. This farm was a small piece of heaven 
she always carried with her.
  With the coming of the Dust Bowl and the Depression, her family sold 
the farm and traveled to California to work in the migrant farm camps. 
Living in tents with dirt floors, her parents eventually saved enough 
money to buy a dairy farm outside Sacramento. Through all of this, she 
still managed to finish high school and attend college.
  From Jeanne's simple beginnings she went on to travel the world, 
including China, Asia, Russia and Europe. She had an audience with the 
Pope at the Vatican, explored many corners of our glorious world, 
bringing with her respect and tolerance for other people's beliefs and 
customs.
  Together with her husband, Major General Jacobson, Jeanne served our 
country in Washington, DC, Vietnam, Thailand and a final and wonderful 
tour of duty in Guam. Eventually settling in Lompoc, CA, in a home 
overlooking the first tee of the Vandenberg Village golf course, she 
enjoyed watching as well as playing the game of golf--and she played it 
very well. It was on Guam where Major General Jacobson was serving as 
the commanding officer at Andersen Air Force Base that I first met 
Jeanne and became life-long friends.
  Jeanne ended this life without fear and with her family and many 
loved ones at her side.

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She remains beloved in the hearts of so many, and it is our great honor 
to remember her today, especially in this special place that meant so 
very much to her.

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