LEWISTON – Connie M. Jacobs, 59, wife of Lionel “Jerry” Jacobs, died at the Central Maine Medical Center on Nov. 4, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her family and friends.

She was born in California, on Nov. 25, 1944, the daughter of Noel and Rachel Engstrom. She lived her early life in North Dakota, and moved to Maine after her marriage to Lionel Jacobs on Dec. 20, 1974.

She loved stock car racing, NASCAR, the Maineiacs, and most of all her family.

She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Jerry, of Buckfield; one son, Clay Jacobs, of Buckfield; her mother, two sisters, Judy Hunter and her husband, Gary, Kim Rosbeag and her husband, Dean, and one brother, Marlan Engstrom, all of North Dakota; brother-in-law, Lew Jacobs and his wife, Nancy, of Buckfield; sister-in-law, Evelyn Burnham and her companion, Ray Boissoneau, of Buckfield; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Judy Damon, of Buckfield and Donna Jerry, of Jay.

She was predeceased by her father, Noel, and a brother, Renny.