Carol J. Jacobs

Carol J. (Bruhn) Jacobs, 79, of Platte Center, Nebraska, died Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at Select Specialty Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska.

The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 30 at 11:00 AM, at Gass Haney Funeral Home with Pastor Brad Knorr officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and continue Wednesday from 10:00 AM until service time at the funeral home. Private family interment will be held. Memorials are suggested to the Platte Valley Kin Seekers Genealogical Society or the donor's choice.  The service will broadcast live on Gass Haney Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057043736890

Carol was born on April 16, 1947, in Genoa, Nebraska, to Harley Roland and Mildred Mae (Warburton) Bruhn. She grew up with her siblings, Dorothy Irene, Keith Doyle, and Donna May. 

On February 1, 1969, Carol married David Lee Jacobs Sr. in Columbus, Nebraska. Together, Carol and David shared more than 57 years of marriage and raised two children, David Lee Jacobs Jr. and Christina Jane. Carol and David made their home in the Platte Center area, where they raised their family and spent many years together.

In 1979, Carol began working at Tran Tec Corporation in Columbus, Nebraska. She remained with the company for 28 years, building a long career and many relationships along the way. Carol had a deep interest in genealogy and took great pleasure in researching and preserving her family's history. She was a member of the Platte County Kin Seekers and devoted countless hours to tracing family connections, documenting the lives of those who came before her, and preserving that history for future generations. Her interest in genealogy reflected something that was especially important to Carol—family and the connections that bind generations together.

Carol is survived by her husband of 57 years, David Lee Jacobs Sr.; her son, David Lee Jacobs Jr. and his wife, Lynn, of Firth, Nebraska; her daughter, Christina (Jacobs) Brown and her husband, Ryan, of Platte Center, Nebraska; five grandsons, Mitchell Edwin Jacobs of Fairbury, Nebraska, Spencer Lee Jacobs of Firth, Nebraska, Nickolaus Ober and his fiancée, Regina, of Valentine, Nebraska, Jason Ober and his wife, Jasmine, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, and Darian Ober-Brown and his fiancée, Alexis, of Platte Center, Nebraska; two great-grandchildren, Serena Nicole and Ryker Lee; her brother, Keith Doyle Bruhn; her sister, Donna (Bruhn) Hastings; many nieces and nephews; and other extended family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harley Roland Bruhn and Mildred Mae (Warburton) Bruhn, and her sister, Dorothy (Bruhn) Gallagher.