Jacob J. Moncher rests in the Bosom of Abraham. He left this earth on October 24, 2011 at the age of 94. He was born on February 5, 1917 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Hyman Moncher and the former Ida Adaskis. As a youth he attended high school and was eventually apprenticed to a carpenter. He worked as a union carpenter and millwright the remainder of his adult working life. In 1941 Jacob married his childhood sweetheart, the former Bernice Brown of Garfield, New Jersey. He was a World War II veteran who served with the 269th Combat Engineers. He saw action during the Bulge, the Remagen Bridge, and met the Russians at the Elbe River. Jacob was always proud of his service and felt that everyone should serve his country. He returned from the war and worked as a union carpenter and millwright until his retirement. Jacob is survived by his wife of seventy years, Bernice of Springfield, his two children Steven Moncher and Peggy Mazzia both of Springfield, as well as six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Interment will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.at the Missouri Veteran's Cemetery in Springfield, under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.