Lillian Baumbach Jacobs, 70, died Jan. 31 from complications of Leukemia.
Lillian Baumbach Jacobs, 70, said to be the first woman in the country to hold her master plumbing license, died Jan. 31 from complications of Leukemia at a hospital in North Carolina.
Originally from Arlington, Va., Lillian helped make the family plumbing business, Baumbach Plumbers of Arlington, well known. In 1951 at age 21 she received her masters license in plumbing. She also became the pen-pal of more than 250 men in the United States and overseas ¿ 75 letters from Korea alone included election as pin-up girl for an infantry company.