Leo John Jacobs

LEO (LEON) J. JACOBS 87 OF WEST ORANGE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE VALLEY HOSPITAL IN RIDGEWOOD, NJ ON JUNE 18, 2015. FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD AT 11AM ON TUESDAY JUNE 23, 2015 AT ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH 44 BENVENUE AVE WEST ORANGE NJ, INTERMENT WILL BE PRIVATE. FAMILY AND FRIENDS MAY VISIT ON MONDAY JUNE 22 FROM 4 TO 8 PM AT QUINN HOPPING FUNERAL HOME

145 E. MT. PLEASANT AVE. LIVINGSTON, NJ.

LEO WAS BORN IN SHENANDOAH, PA, ATTENDED COLUMBA SCHOOL IN NEWARK, SETON HALL PREP AND NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. HE WAS A US NAVY VETERAN ABOARD THE USS CARP SS-338, A 3RD DEGREE KNIGHT OF THE WEST ORANGE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 5519, MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 319 AND A CHIEF LINEMAN AND STAFF ASSISTANT WITH PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC & GAS CO. FOR 33 YEARS.

LEO RAISED HIS FAMILY IN WEST ORANGE AND IS SURVIVED BY HIS DEDICATED AND LOVING WIFE OF 61 YEARS ELAINE JACOBS(MILLER), HIS LOVING GIRLS CAROLYN JACOBS AND ELIZABETH WHRITENOUR, PROUD GRANDSON BRANDON WHRITENOUR, SISTER MILDRED BORUCH AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE MADE IN HIS MEMORY TO THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS WWW.DAV.ORG OR HERO-DOGS WWW.HERO-DOGS.ORG

THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AT THE NJ VETERANS HOME PARAMUS FOR THEIR KINDNESS AND CARE.