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Joseph Jacobson Obituary
Age 53, formerly of Elmira, NY, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Newark - Wayne Hospital in Newark, NY. There will be no calling hours. Funeral Services will be held at Congregation Shomray Hadath, 1008 W. Water St., Elmira on Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m., Abraham Golos officiating. Interment will follow at Franklin Street Cemetery, Elmira. Shivah will be held at the Jacobson home, 957 W. Church St., Elmira on Saturday at 9 p.m., and continuing throughout the week. Flowers are gratefully declined. Those wishing may make memorials to Congregation Shomray Hadath or New York State Special Olympics, 504 Balltown Road, Schenectady, NY 12304. Joseph was born in Elmira on July 8, 1955 to Dina and the late Kalman (Jake) Jacobson. He is survived by his mother, Dina; and two sisters and a brother-in-law, Connie and Alan Liss of MD, and Sarah Jacobson of VA. He was a loving uncle to his three nephews and two nieces-in-law and a loving great-uncle to Kayla and Ian. Joey brought love to all who knew him and cared for him. He was meticulous in all that he did and did it with his own brand of humor and sensitivity. ARRANGEMENTS BY BAKER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME.
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George & Inge Murphy
July 25, 2008
We join you in your sadness. We sure remember Joseph from the times we all went up to Newark. Our thoughts are with you all. Best wishes to Dina, Connie and Sarah and their families.
Inge and George Murphy
Maggie Monroe-Cassel
July 24, 2008
We often only remember the first time we met a person when that person has had a strong impact on our lives. That is how I feel about Joey Jacobson. I was 11 years old and meeting the brother of my childhood best friend Sarah Jacobson for the first time. I had known Sarah for a short enough time that I knew nothing of her brother but when I went to the house to visit her, there Joey was standing straight and interested behind the screen door. I knew that there was something different about Joey. At some point I learned about Down Syndrome but that is not what I think about when I think about how Joey was different. What I think about is unconditional love, attentiveness and humor. Always with outstretched arms for me and anyone willing to be received, he taught me that I am OK. Memories I have include him graciously holding a bowl of chocolate chip ice cream beyond the melting point so he could “show his friends,” as he told my husband and me, because he was too kind to tell us that he only wanted chocolate ice cream. When a little yellow VW bug drove by he pointed and laughed because that is what the free spirit does, of course, when a funny bug drives by. Friends and family were his life. His friends became his family and I am lucky to have been one of them. Thank you, Dina, for giving us Joey. Thank you, Joey, for sharing yourself so that we might know better how to love each other and enjoy life. Peace.
Rosalyn and Richard DuBois
July 24, 2008
You are in our thoughts and prayers.
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