David Lynn Jacobs

David Lynn Jacobs, 49, of Paola, Kansas, passed away on Friday, May 28, 2010, in his Paola home following a five month battle with melanoma brain cancer.

David was born June 12, 1960, to Jack Jacobs and Shirley (Kauffman) Jacobs in Denver, Colorado. After growing up in Colorado, and graduating from Hill City High School in 1978. Dave attended Kansas State University in Manhattan where he earned a BS in Journalism and Mass Communications with a minor in Computer Science.

Dave is survived by his wife Deborah (Barber) Jacobs; daughter, Jennifer Denise Jacobs; son, Kyle David Jacobs; father, Jack Jacobs; mother Shirley Jacobs both of Hill City, Kansas; aunts and uncles, Roger and Louise Odle, Linda Jacobs, Art and Jan Kauffman; three cousins, Craig Odle, Tracy Rake, and Brenda Showers; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lee and Carolyn Barber of Paola, Kansas; two sisters-in-law and their spouses, Karen and Jeff Marshall, Lee's Summit, Missouri, and Becca and John Gilliford of Overland Park, Kansas; one brother- in-law and his wife, Matt and Lisa Barber of Overland Park, Kansas; and four nephews, Ryan Marshall, Woodie Gilliford, Nicholas Barber and Nathan Barber. David was preceded in death by his sister Christine Gail Jacobs.

Memorial Contributions can be made to: Louisburg United Methodist Church, 249 N. Metcalf Avenue, Louisburg, Kansas 66053 or American Cancer Society, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64105 or www.cancer.org

Celebration of Life Service

A service will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Louisburg United Methodist Church. A reception will follow the service.