JASON JACOB
June 19, 1973 - November 2, 2013
Jason Jacob, 40, of Kankakee, IL, died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 11:00 A.M. until time of Funeral services at 1:00 P.M. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Jimmy West will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Jason Jacob was born June 19, 1973 in Kankakee, IL to Sandra Jacob Green and Leon Jones. He was a 1991 graduate of Kankakee High School and furthered his education at DeVry University in Tinley Park, IL, where he received a B.S. degree in Technical Management. He was a paraprofessional for the Kankakee School District 111 for 13 years. He also worked at the Sears Warehouse. Jason was an intelligent, compassionate, gentle giant who loved family and was known to be a prankster. He leaves to cherish is memory, his mother, Sandra Green of Kankakee, IL; his father, Leon (Denise) Jones of Kankakee, IL; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Leonard Warren of Phoenix, AZ and Edward and Suzette Jacob of Kankakee, IL; two sisters, Talaine Jacob of Kankakee, IL and Anshauee Jones of Chicago, IL; maternal aunts, Carol Cravens, Janet Andriena and Vicky Jacob; paternal uncles and aunts, Willie Jones, Charles Jones, Robert Jones, Rick Jones, Betty Jones, Mary Jones, JoFrancis Jones, Dorothy Jones and Shirley Bailey; special nieces, Taryn Broadhurst of Fayetteville, TN and Erin Green of Jackson, MO; special friends, Kourtney Vaulx and Keith Davis, both of Kankakee, IL; his boxers, Faith and Noah; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by two sisters, LaTanya Green and LaDonja Walls; his maternal grandparents, Alvin and Geraldine Jacob, and paternal grandparents, Dave and Bertha Jones.
Jason Jacob, 40, of Kankakee, IL, died Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 11:00 A.M. until time of Funeral services at 1:00 P.M. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church.... View Obituary & Service Information