Byron Lee Jacobson

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Byron L. Jacobson, 90, of Wamego, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2018, following a short illness.

He was born September 9, 1927 in Formoso, Kansas, the son of Leslie E. and Iva G. (Quy) Jacobson. He attended local schools and graduated from Kansas State University with a B.S. in Business Administration. Byron also served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to the end of the Asiatic Pacific Campaign in 1946.

Byron married Donna Jean Swords on November 14, 1953 in Wamego. She preceded him in death October 6, 1997. In 1963, he and Donna moved their family to Wamego where he worked as an Independent Insurance Agent, owning the McKowen-Jacobson Agency for 41 years until retirement.

Byron was always very active in the Wamego community. His memberships included St Bernards Catholic Church, Wamego Lions Club, Wamego Chamber of Commerce, and Lafayette Masonic Lodge of Manhattan. He served as mayor of Wamego 1975-76, USD 320 school board member 1983-85, and numerous civic and volunteer positions. In 2006 he was given the distinction as the Wamego Citizen of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. He was also a charter member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity at KSU.

His survivors include two daughters; Mary Jacobson, Greenwich, CT, and Barbara Lippman, Wamego, KS; three sons: Bryce Jacobson and his wife Cathy, Overland Park, KS, Dr. Dane Jacobson and his wife Kim, Wamego, KS, Scott Jacobson and his wife Hope, Denver, CO; two sisters: Janice Oplinger, San Marcos, CA, Marvel Korff, Lee’s Summit, MO; one brother, Wendell Jacobson of Escondido, CA; and eight grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Everett Jacobson.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at St. Bernards Catholic Church of Wamego. Burial with military honors will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Jacobson will lie in-state beginning at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, with Masonic Rites given at 7:00 p.m. followed by family greeting friends during a visitation until 8:30 p.m. at the Stewart Funeral Home of Wamego. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Wamego Community Foundation – to establish the Jacobson Family Charitable Fund, and may be left in care of the Stewart Funeral Home, PO Box 48, 66547.