RAPID CITY--Ted C. Jacobs, 93 passed away on April 23, 2012, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He had been residing at Clarkson Health Care in Rapid City. He was born on May 23, 1918, to Curtis and Mary (Wedmore) Jacobs in the Chamberlain area. After attending rural schools in the area and working on the family ranch, Ted ventured to the Black Hills area and attended National College of Business, where he met Olive Irene Savey. They were married September 7th, 1941 in Rapid City. They had three boys, Dave, Larry and Randy. Ted served in U.S. Army during World War II, mostly in Okinawa. After returning home after the war, Ted and Olive opened the Corner Cash Grocery in Hill City and lived in the apartment in the rear of the store along with first born David Lee. They performed all phases of the operation including, butcher, stock boy, cashier and sweeper. Later he worked for Nash Coffee Company and National Biscuit Company. In the early 1950's, he teamed up with his cousin, Don Brown, to form Jacobs and Brown Appliance and Hardware in downtown Rapid City. He later met Wilbur Goode and they formed a partnership, Jacobs and Goode Appliance Center. After the death of Mr. Goode, Ted moved the appliance store to the corner of E. Blvd and E. North Streets in Rapid City. Ted was always intrigued by the automobile business and when the Volvo franchise became available in 1963, Jacobs Motor Company was born. The dealership along with the Datsun franchise, added in 1965, was moved to brand new facilities at Omaha and Campbell Streets. Later BMW and Mitsubishi franchises were added. While in business, Ted was very active in many business and community organizations, such as Rapid City Optimist Club, Elks Club #1187, Rapid City Auto Dealers, South Dakota Auto Dealers, National Auto Dealers and he served as a Director on the Board of the Import Auto Dealers of America. Ted's Rapid City "Optimist Orange" sales are still "Legendary!" Outside of business, Ted's interests centered around horses, and he was a member of the National Cutting Horse Association and the American Quarter Horse Association. He was recognized as an AQHA certified Quarter Horse judge and judged many Quarter Horse shows around the United States. Ted's interests also included the basics such as the breaking and training as well as showing both Cutting and Quarter horses around the country, and he had several AQHA Champion Horses. Ted and Olive loved to travel and their travels took them to many places around the world, such as Hawaii, Japan, Egypt and the Caribbean. But most of their ventures were by motorcoach and they were members of Family Motorcoach Association and the Bluebird Motorcoach Owners Group. Ted is survived by his wife, Olive of seventy years; sons, Larry Jacobs, Randy Jacobs and Dave and Donna Jacobs, all of Rapid City; five grandchildren, Teri and Mark Camp, Austin, TX, Tami and Byran Mobley, San Marcos, TX, Mike Jacobs, Nick Jacobs and Jeremy Jacobs all of Rapid City, as well four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, at Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home. A celebration service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, at the Canyon Lake United Methodist Church, 3500 Canyon Lake Dr., in Rapid City, with the Rev. Eric Grinager officiating. Burial, with military honors provided by Rushmore VFW Post 1273 and the South Dakota Army National Guard, will follow in Mountain View Cemetery.