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	Augusta A. & Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund The Augusta A. Jacobs and Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund commemorates the lives of two women who were long-time community residents and generous benefactors. This fund will provide scholarships to students in the Portsmouth area pursuing a degree in either music or business. Augusta Jacobs died in 2002 at the age of 77. A daughter of Rose and the late Jacob H. Jacobs, she graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1944 and from the University of Cincinnati in 1948. She was a teacher of business at Green High School for 47 years and a member of the Green Local Teachers’ Association; the Ohio Teachers’ Association; the National Education Association, Shawnee State University South Central Ohio Chapter, and the Portsmouth Retired Teachers’ Association. The day after retiring as a teacher, she joined her mother Rose in working at the Eagle Coal and Iron Company. Active in the community, she was President of Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, past President of the American Association of University Women and the Portsmouth Business and Professional Women’s Club, and a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the Green Triangle Garden Club, Portsmouth Kiwanis Club, and the Sisterhood of Temple B’Nai Abraham. She was a Kentucky Colonel, a life member of the Pyramid Club of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, life member of the Shawnee State University Presidents’ Club, the Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association, United Way of Portsmouth, and Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. She was listed in Who’s Who in American Women. She was also a volunteer for the Southern Ohio Medical Center and a member of the Ladies Golf Association of the Elks Country Club. She was honored with the Journal of Business Education Award in 1947. Rose Jacobs died in 2005 at age 103. In 1957 she was preceded in death by her husband Jacob Jacobs whom she married in 1924. Rose attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and continued her education at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She and her husband founded the Eagle Coal and Iron Company in 1929, and she was the sole proprietor of the company from 1957 until her retirement in 1998. Rose was the oldest member of B’Nai Abraham, where she was a former president of the Sisterhood and the first woman trustee of the congregation. She participated in various organizations and clubs and assisted with the American Red Cross blood drives and blood bank. Rose was named to Who’s Who in American Women numerous times. She was a Kentucky Colonel, a former president of the Scioto Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and a former secretary-treasurer of the Mercy Hospital Guild. She was the oldest and a charter member of the Portsmouth Business and Professional Women’s Club and an officer of the American Cancer Society. She was also a member of the Soroptimist Club, the American Legion Auxiliary and the advisory board of Family and Children Services. Scholarship Criteria: Graduated from a Scioto County, Ohio high school Must have a college Sophomore, Junior, or Senior status Majoring in Business or Music Undergraduate Must attend an accredited college or university Incoming freshmen will be considered if the selection is not large enough Minors are not considered Scholarships associated with Augusta A. & Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund 01. Augusta A. & Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund

Augusta A. & Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund

The Augusta A. Jacobs and Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund commemorates the lives of two women who were long-time community residents and generous benefactors. This fund will provide scholarships to students in the Portsmouth area pursuing a degree in either music or business.

Augusta Jacobs died in 2002 at the age of 77. A daughter of Rose and the late Jacob H. Jacobs, she graduated from Portsmouth High School in 1944 and from the University of Cincinnati in 1948. She was a teacher of business at Green High School for 47 years and a member of the Green Local Teachers’ Association; the Ohio Teachers’ Association; the National Education Association, Shawnee State University South Central Ohio Chapter, and the Portsmouth Retired Teachers’ Association. The day after retiring as a teacher, she joined her mother Rose in working at the Eagle Coal and Iron Company.

Active in the community, she was President of Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, past President of the American Association of University Women and the Portsmouth Business and Professional Women’s Club, and a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the Green Triangle Garden Club, Portsmouth Kiwanis Club, and the Sisterhood of Temple B’Nai Abraham.

She was a Kentucky Colonel, a life member of the Pyramid Club of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, life member of the Shawnee State University Presidents’ Club, the Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association, United Way of Portsmouth, and Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce. She was listed in Who’s Who in American Women. She was also a volunteer for the Southern Ohio Medical Center and a member of the Ladies Golf Association of the Elks Country Club. She was honored with the Journal of Business Education Award in 1947.

Rose Jacobs died in 2005 at age 103. In 1957 she was preceded in death by her husband Jacob Jacobs whom she married in 1924. Rose attended Hughes High School in Cincinnati and continued her education at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She and her husband founded the Eagle Coal and Iron Company in 1929, and she was the sole proprietor of the company from 1957 until her retirement in 1998.

Rose was the oldest member of B’Nai Abraham, where she was a former president of the Sisterhood and the first woman trustee of the congregation. She participated in various organizations and clubs and assisted with the American Red Cross blood drives and blood bank.

Rose was named to Who’s Who in American Women numerous times. She was a Kentucky Colonel, a former president of the Scioto Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and a former secretary-treasurer of the Mercy Hospital Guild. She was the oldest and a charter member of the Portsmouth Business and Professional Women’s Club and an officer of the American Cancer Society. She was also a member of the Soroptimist Club, the American Legion Auxiliary and the advisory board of Family and Children Services.

Scholarship Criteria:

Graduated from a Scioto County, Ohio high school
Must have a college Sophomore, Junior, or Senior status
Majoring in Business or Music
Undergraduate
Must attend an accredited college or university

Incoming freshmen will be considered if the selection is not large enough
Minors are not considered

Scholarships associated with Augusta A. & Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund

01. Augusta A. & Rose L. Jacobs Memorial Fund