Joan C. Jacobsen

FALLS VILLAGE — Joan C. Jacobsen, 81, of Falls Village, passed away Sept. 25, 2020, peacefully at home. 

Joan was born May 17, 1939, in Great Barrington to the late Hervey and Miriam Bushey Wright.

She was confirmed in the Trinity Church in Lime Rock.

She is survived by her husband, Arthur Jacobsen of 40 years; her stepdaughter, Brenda Jacobsen; her stepgrandchildren, Marcus and Carly; her sisters  Shirlee Minervino and Barbara Wood and her husband, Brayton; her brother Hervey Wright and his wife, Marilyn; her sisters-in-law, Amelia and Mary Wright; and many nieces and nephews. 

Joan was predeceased by her sisters Gertrude Wright, Esther Rivard, Katherine Minervino and Marilyn Ball; and her brothers Frank, Fredrick, Stanley, Robert and twin brother Joseph.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Falls Village Fire Department and Ambulance, 188 Route 7 South, Falls Village, CT 06031.

Arrangements are under the care of the Newkirk-Palmer Funeral Home in North Canaan.

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