JACOBY, Byron “Sam” of Washington Twp and Dayton, age 93, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Sam was born in Westerville, Ohio to Byron “Jake” and Isabel Jacoby. He served in the Navy as a cadet at the end of WWII, training to be a pilot. He had a special interest in aviation and enjoyed many decades of flying his own airplane for both business and pleasure.
In 1962 he started his own sales agency Dempsco Inc., which he ran successfully first by himself and later with his sons until he retired in the 1990s. Sam was an innovator at heart, always ready to go in the opposite direction from the crowd. He was an inventor and earned two patents, one to improve automotive steering and the other to improve a standard keyboard.
Sam was married to his beloved wife Lucy (Layer) Jacoby for 67 years, until her death in 2016, but they were still married in Sam’s heart. Together they had two sons, Kurt and Chris, who they raised in the house that Sam himself built in Washington Twp and he was continually adding on to. He also built homes and apartment buildings in the Dayton area. He and Lucy had a love of travel, both in the US and abroad, including trips to Japan, Costa Rica, Cuba and countries throughout Europe.
Sam is survived by sons Kurt (Dani) Jacoby and Chris (Elizabeth) Jacoby, granddaughters Andrea (Logan) O’Shell, Erica Jacoby, Mary Jacoby, Emma Jacoby and Rachel Jacoby, and brother-in-law Berman (Violet) Layer. He was predeceased by two brothers Jerry Jacoby of Westerville and Tom Jacoby of Upper Arlington.
Private funeral services will be held with family, followed by a Celebration of Life Reception at 10 Wilmington Place, Dayton, on Monday, December 23, 2019 from 1:00-4:00 pm in the Patterson Room. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in memory of Sam to the National Aviation Heritage Area (https://www.aviationheritagearea.org/donate/) or the Kidney Foundation of Ohio ( http://www.kfohio.org ).
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