Robert Jacobs was born at the Woodburn Hospital in 1944. He started attending St. Agnes church in 1949. He attended Hubbard grade school from 1949 to 1958. He graduated from North Marion High School in 1962. He earned his bachelor's degree in education in 1966. That same year he began teaching and eventually became principle at Rural Dell school. In December 1966 he married Rhea Marsh. In the spring of 1967, Robert and Rhea built their first home in Aurora. They had 4 kids, Aimee, Carmen, Marion, and Samantha. In 1970 they sold the Aurora home and moved to Canby. In 1975 he earned his Master's degree from Portland State. He finished out his teaching career at Amity grade school, Ninety-one grade school and Canby grade school. He retired from teaching in 2001. In 2013 he built a vacation dream home to spend time with his wife, family, and friends. In January of 2020, he lost his partner, love of his life to Alzheimer's. Robert is survived by 30 children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Our Dad, Grandpa, friend was a strong, adventurous, knowledgeable man. He loved to kayak, travel, hike, fish, farm, teach, literally anything that would allow him to spend time with others. He had stories about just about everything. There was never a dull moment. He was always willing to help anyone on anything. He wasn't afraid to tackle any project. I think he taught all of us a lot in our life. Our life lessons never ended.

He was so proud and thankful of all of his family and friends. He love to talk to everyone. This was evident in the last 51 days of his life as he was visited by so many. It was so good to see his smile and hear his laugh.

He will be remembered.