Roseann Tubbs Jacob passed away on May 16, 2025, at the age of 88. She was born August 8, 1936, to Kelsey Lee Jones and Ann Toland Jones in Yoakum.
Roseann Jacob was a popular student at Cuero High School. She excelled in marching band, was an award-winning majorette, honors student, FFA Sweetheart, and voted school Favorite her senior year. On July 30, 1955, she married Charles (Chuck) Jacob, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life. They were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Cuero, with Dr. Marshal Doggett officiating. Through 55 years of marriage, they were each other’s best friend and constant companion.
Before Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Company closed its district headquarters in Cuero, Mrs. Jacob worked in its measurement department for five years, followed by two years as Secretary of the Cuero Chamber of Commerce and twenty-two years with Cuero Federal Savings and Loan. She retired in 1991, the same year Chuck retired from Dewitt County Electric Cooperative.
She is survived by her children Jeff Jacob and his wife Linda of Cuero and Patricia Curry of Buda; her grandchildren Susan Bradley and her husband Scott of Houston, Leland Riddle of Georgetown, Clinton Riddle and his wife Stephanie of Buda, and Colton Jacob and his wife Madeline of Cuero; great-grandchildren Paxton Bradley, Kace Bradley, Bryson Riddle, and Addison Riddle; sister Maxine Montgomery and her husband Bill of Cuero; nephews and nieces Scott Copenhaver and his wife Ineke of Naples, Italy, Leah Ramos of Ladera Ranch, California, Jill Trevino and her husband Lonnie of San Antonio, Ben Strauser of Austin, and Ann Palmer and her husband Steven of Austin; great-nephews Carson Copenhaver, Justin Copenhaver, Benjamin Palmer, Max Copenhaver, Henry Palmer; and great-niece Maya Trevino.
Mrs. Jacob was preceded in death by her loving husband Chuck, an infant son who died shortly after birth, her parents, mother- and father-in-law Agnes Boehm Jacob and Milton Jacob of Cuero, brother Bruce Allen Tubbs of Nashville, Tennessee, and sister- and brother-in-law Judy and Barry Copenhaver of Cuero.
A visitation will be held in Cuero on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 1:00. The funeral will be at at 2:00, led by Rev. Kevin Boyd, followed by a burial service at Hillside. Pallbearers will include Scott Bradley, Lee Riddle, Clint Riddle, Colton Jacob, Paxton Bradley, and Ben Strauser.
The family would like to express sincere thanks to the staff at Alzcare of Dewitt County for the outstanding care they provided during the last months of Roseann’s life. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Bluebonnet Youth Ranch, First Presbyterian Church in Cuero, or a charitable organization of the donor’s choice.