Barbara Jean Jacobs

Barbara Jean Jacobs of Delaware Township, NJ, passed away at the age of 73 on November 10, 2011 at her home.

Born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada, February 17, 1938, Barbara was the daughter of the late Judge Lawrence A. McLennan and Eileen Margaret Moore McLennan. Since 1994, she resided in Delaware Township in a beautiful Yankee Barn home overlooking the Wickacheoke Creek, which she designed and built with her husband, Roger William Jacobs.

She was formerly a Registered Nurse and graduated from the Nursing School at the world class childrens' hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, Canada. She specialized in the Premature Nursery and Infectious wards at The Hospital for Sick Children and subsequently, St. Josephs Hospital also in Toronto, Canada.

Barbara was a loving wife, mother and grandmother devoted to her family. She designed and built several homes in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, The Woodlands, Texas and Sergeantsville, New Jersey in addition to two summer cabins on Georgian Bay in Lake Huron in Northern Ontario. She had a passion for vegetable and flower gardening and loved nature and all of its creatures. She felt fortunate to have come across many different kinds of animal life due to the geographical diversity of her residences in both the United States and Canada. Barbara was a trained Mezzo Soprano who studied at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Toronto. Her beautiful singing voice won her many awards and accolades in her early years including singing in the highly esteemed Timothy Eaton Church choir in Toronto.

She is survived by her husband of forty-nine years, Roger Jacobs; two daughters, Jennifer Ceslak , her husband Fred and their children, Eric, Devon and Dylan of Newtown, PA, and Lauren Breen, her husband Brian and their children Owen, Griffin and Heather of Haddonfield, NJ; one son, Edward Jacobs of Brooklyn, NY; two sisters Beverly Ingo of Vancouver, Canada and Ruth McLennan of Toronto, Canada.

Funeral services will be held on Sunday November 13, 2011 at 12:00 Noon in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Calling hours will be Sunday 10:00 a.m.–Noon at the funeral home. Interment will be private. Family and friends are invited to a gathering after the service to take place at 1:00 p.m. in the Stockton Inn 1 Main Street, Stockton, NJ 08559.

Memorial contributions may be made to The Jingle Elves, PO Box 252, Sergeantsville, NJ 08557 or The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON Canada M5G 1X8.