In Memoriam
BROTHER ANDREW JACOBSON, FSC
We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love our brothers. Whoever does not love is still in death. This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We, too, then, ought to give our lives for our brothers!”
(1 John 3:14, 16)
Born into life on January 19, 1936, Brother Andrew Jacobson, FSC, was a dedicated Christian Brother for 69 years and died in the Lord on April 22, 2023.
We remember and pray for our Brother Andrew Jacobson, FSC, age 87. Brother Andrew died on April 22, 2023 at United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. A De La Salle Christian Brother for 69 years, he was born Dennis Pelzel Jacobson on January 19, 1936, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He entered the novitiate of the Christian Brothers in 1954 in Glencoe, MO. He received the Religious Habit on August 30, 1954 and pronounced his Perpetual Vows in Plano, Illinois in 1961.
Survivors include his nephews, and the De La Salle Christian Brothers.
Assignments
De La Salle Institute, Chicago, IL | 1958-1961
Holy Name High School, Escanaba, MI | 1961-1967
De La Salle Study – U of MN - Minneapolis | 1967-1968
Benilde High School, St. Louis Park, MN | 1968-1970
Pacelli High School, Stevens Point, WI | 1970-1974
Brady High School, W. St. Paul, MN | 1974-1978
Sangre & Pacelli, Santa Fe, MN & Stevens Point, WI | 1978-1979
La Salle Academy, Iligan City, Philippines | 1979-1987
University of St. La Salle, Bacolod, Philippines | 1987-1995
St. Martin’s Secondary School, West Indies | 1995-1997
DeLaSalle High School, Minneapolis, MN | 1997-2009
Miguel Community, Saint Paul, MN | 2009-2016
Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Paul, MN
