Obituary: Daniel Jules Jacobs
Daniel Jules Jacobs was born Aug. 14, 1944, to Morris Jacobs and Julia Boaz Jacobs, of blessed memory.
Daniel Jules Jacobs was born Aug. 14, 1944, to Morris Jacobs and Julia Boaz Jacobs, of blessed memory. He attended Georgia Tech, receiving a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, and Georgia State University, receiving an MBA.
Over the years, he worked for several different firms in sales and marketing. After working for major companies, he started his own home remodeling business, which he operated for 25-plus years. Dan spent most of his life in Atlanta and retired to the mountains of North Carolina. Prior to retirement & physical disability, he spent his time remodeling people’s homes, building furniture, tinkering with farm machinery, and traveling with Jody to countries near and far. There was not a thing he couldn’t fix!
He is survived by his wife, Jody Sloan, who he loved with all his heart, his four beloved cats (especially Squeaky), brother Gary Jacobs, children Lisa Connolly (John); Michelle Shepherd (Richard); Joshua Jacobs (Tesi) and Rabbi Jessica Jacobs. He is further survived by 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Hospital or Laps & Naps Home for Senior Cats, lapsandnaps.org.
The funeral was held at Crestlawn in Atlanta on Friday, Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. with Rabbi Shuval Weiner officiating. Arrangements by Dressler’s, 770-451-4999
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