Jeanette Ruth Best

Jeanette Ruth (Jacobsen) Best passed away February 4, 2023.  She was born on September 27th,1948 in Missouri Valley, Iowa to Ellis and Thelma (Wimer) Jacobsen.

She went to Iowa State University for a short time before transferring to Iowa Methodist school of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa to become an R.N.  She met her husband David Best and was married in 1975.

She loved the Beatles, VW bugs, horses, playing cards, Iowa Hawkeyes, and helping people. She was a member of the Home Builders Auxiliary.  She was always cheerful and talkative, family focused, with lots of family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husband David Best, parents Ellis and Thelma Jacobsen,  Father and Mother in-law Emmett and Frances Best, a brother Rolland Jacobsen, Sister and Brother in-law LaVonne and Francis Hainline, and a brother in-law Robert Jordan.

She is survived by 3 children Ashley (Todd) Droege, Michael (Karin) Best, Nicholas (Sarah) Best, 4 grandchildren William and Magnus Klatt and Jack and Kate Best, brother Truman (Charlene) Jacobsen, two sisters Maryln Jordan and Shirley (Keith) Cunard, Sister in-law Barbra (Todd) Burley and  Kathy Jacobsen, and brother in-law Jim (Kathy) Best.  She had many nieces and nephews who she loved dearly.

There will be a visitation on Friday, February 10th at Caldwell Funeral Home (8201 Hickman Rd Urbandale, IA) from 9-11am with funeral and graveside service to follow at 11 AM. Interment will be in Glendale Cemetery. A luncheon and a time of fellowship will follow the committal service at Cutty's Des Moines Camping Club (2500 SE 37th St A, Grimes, IA 50111)