SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Jerry Joe Jacobson, shortline entrepreneur, steam preservationist, and builder of the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, died September 13 at home after a long illness. He was 74. The Age of Steam facility was Jacobson...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/09/jacobson-champion-of-steam-dead-at-74
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Brian Schmidt SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Jerry Joe Jacobson, shortline entrepreneur, steam preservationist, and builder of the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, died September 13 at home after a long illness. He was 74. The Age of Steam facility was Jacobson... http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/09/jacobson-champion-of-steam-dead-at-74
We will miss you.
It's sad Jerry had to board the "Night Train" a lot sooner than he wanted to, but you know what? After reading his biography I saw he had a great lifetime of real, solid achievement to look back on, and I'm sure with considerable pride.
A life well lived, well lived indeed.
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