Catherine R. Jakubs, 76, of Midwest City, passed away, Tues., Oct. 10, 2000. She was born Feb. 16, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri to Glen & Marie Ramsey. She married Chester Jakubs June 3, 1943 in Meridian, Mississippi. She was a member of Air Stream Travel Club, Redbud Garden Club of Midwest City, and Wickline United Methodist Church. She took water aerobics at Rose State College and loved square dancing.

Survived by her husband, Chester Jakubs, of the home in Midwest City; 2 sons, Terry Jakubs , & wife, Pat, of Cypress, CA, & Ronald Jakubs , & wife, Linda, of Midwest City; 4 granddaughters: Kellie Clark, Katie Jakubs , Keli Waller and Karin Calvert; 4 great-grandchildren; and her father Glen Ramsey all of Midwest City.

Services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13, 2000 at Bill Eisenhour Southeast Chapel, with burial at Arlington Memory Gardens.

He is survived by his brother Lewis, 88 years old. Chester was married 58 years to the late Catherine R. (Ramsey), mother of his two sons Ronald and Terry. Upon graduating from high school he enlisted into the Army Air Corps in 1940 and served 5 years and was a veteran of WWII. After leaving the service as a Staff SGT training flight crews aboard B-17s, he worked for Capitol Airlines and Trans World Airlines. His job with TWA took the Jakubs ' family to assignments in Cairo, Egypt and Madrid, Spain. In 1951, on a trip to California the family stopped in Oklahoma City which began his extended career with the Air Force at Tinker Air Force Base. He retired in 1977 as a jet engine procurement officer. Then, with his wife, traveled the U.S. and Canada in their Airstream trailer. They belonged to the Wally Byam Airstream Club and cherished their many friends everywhere.

"Chet and Kay" are survived by two sons: Terry and Ronald, and their wives Patricia and Linda; four grandchildren, Kellie, Katherine, Karin, and Keli, and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am, Thursday, January 5, 2006 at the Arlington Memory Gardens Mausoleum.