Jacob Jake Post, age 87, of Volga, died Monday, June 11, 2007, at the Golden Living Care Center in Arlington, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M. Friday, June 15, 2007, at the Volga Christian Reformed Church, with interment and military rites at Trinity Cemetery. Visitations are from 6-9 P.M. Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Jacob Post was born March 26, 1920, at Ahnberg, South Dakota, to Sipke and Jennie (Nagelhout) Post. He moved with his family to Volga at an early age, where he attended school through the eighth grade. He lived with and worked for Egbert Meyer before entering the U.S. Army on June 8, 1942. He participated in the Normandy Campaign and was wounded in action near Saint-Lo, France. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, and EAME ribbon with one bronze battle star. He was discharged from the Army on May 15, 1945. On March 5, 1946, Jake married Cora Van Beek. They farmed near Volga until 1973 when they moved to Sinai, where Jake found a great coffee drinking partner, Pulley Olson. Jake felt blessed with true friends throughout his life. Jake was a lifetime member of the Volga Christian Reformed Church and a member of the Quail-Evenson American Legion Post No. 133 of Sinai. He had a lifelong love of horses, from workhorses to the ponies he drove; each of his children learned to ride. He placed the love of his family first in his life. His wife, Cora, died December 29, 2004. Survivors include his nine children: Sid (Shirley) Post of Chili, Wisconsin, Betty (James) Halde of Sioux Falls, Marvin (Joyce) Post of Volga, Sylvia Misar of Oldham, Robert Post of Ramona, Joan (Robert) Olson of Volga, Carol (Greg) Bolstad of Sinai, Dave (Mary) Post of Volga, and Denny (Kerry) Post of Sinai; 26 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Nellie Wilson, of Volga. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a daughter-in-law, Deb Post; three infant siblings; two brothers, Bill and Pete; and three sisters, Minnie, Barbara, and Clara.