Muriel Dean (Jacobs) Laffoon (1920 - 2012)

Born 6 Feb 1920 in Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Charles Thomas Jacobs and Sarah Virginia (Watson) Jacobs

Wife of Edwin Jack Laffoon — married 20 Oct 1942 in Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 2012 at age 92 in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

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Biography

Muriel Dean Jacobs was born in 1920 in Beggs, Oklahoma to Charles T. and Sarah V. Jacobs. She and her two bothers and six sisters grew up in Beggs where the family farmed and ran a small general store; both of which were lost during the Great Depression and would forever shape her life. She graduated from Beggs High School and attended the Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Muriel married Edwin Jack Laffoon, also of Beggs, on October 26, 1942 in Richmond, California just prior to his shipping out to fight in WWII. After the war Muriel and Jack settled in Tulsa where they raised there only child and lived for most of their lives. She was a member of the Will Rogers United Methodist Church for over 50 years and also worked as a clerk for the Newspaper Printing Corporation while Jack worked for American Airlines. She passed away in 2012.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWR-NJT : accessed 31 July 2022), Muriel D Jacobs in household of Charles Jacobs, Beggs, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ...

• Find A Grave: Memorial #101962075 memorial page for Muriel Dean Jacobs Laffoon (6 Feb 1920–6 Nov 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101962075, citing Beggs Cemetery, Beggs, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Karin Lohr Love (contributor 47771868) .