Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Jacobs
First Name	Isabel
Middle Name
Maiden Name	Ansell
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Dexter, ME
Date of Birth	1923-02-12
Place of Death	Augusta, ME
Date of Death	2013-06-11
Publication	Bangor Daily News, 2013-06-15
Obituary	DEXTER - Isabel (Ansell) Jacobs, 90, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at Maine Veterans Home, Augusta. She was born Feb. 12, 1923, in Dexter, daughter of Charles and Grace (Murphy) Ansell. Isabel grew up in Dexter, graduated from N.H. Fay High School in 1941, and was a member of the class of 1945, University of Maine, Orono. She and 2nd Lt. Stephen L. Jacobs were married June 12, 1944, in Dexter. After his return from U.S. Army duty in the Philippines in 1946, they eventually settled in Buxton, and Isabel started her teaching career. The family moved to Bethel, in 1958, where Stephen taught at Gould Academy while she taught at nearby Woodstock High School. After returning to Dexter in 1966, she taught at Piscataquis Community High School, Guilford, and at Dexter Regional High School, until she retired in 1982. Isabel was a member of First Universalist Church, Dexter, served on the board of Plummer Memorial Hospital, was active in the teachers association, assisted Jeanine Clark with high school musicals, and was a member of the board of Woman Care/Aegis in its early years. In later years, she served on the board of Abbott Memorial Library, and authored a book about her childhood in Dexter, "Bubbles in the Sun," published by the Dexter Historical Society. She is survived by sons, Richard Jacobs and wife, Linda Walden, of Modesto, Calif., Lawrence and wife, Brenda Jacobs, of Corinna, and Charles Jacobs and wife, Rebecca Stanley, of Monmouth; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, parents; and sisters, Elizabeth Ansell Gatlin and Dorothy Ansell Hague. A service of remembrance will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at Dexter Universalist Church. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the memorial fund of First Universalist Church, P.O. Box 294; or Dexter Historical Society, P.O. Box 481, both of Dexter, ME 04930. Written tributes may be expressed at www.CrosbyNeal.com. Published in BDN Maine on June 15, 2013