David Elliot Jacobson passed from this life on December 25th at Monongahela General Hospital in Morgantown, WV. He was born January 6, 1956 in Plainfield, NJ to Virginia Bergen Jacobson and Denman F. Jacobson. Dave grew up in Troy, Michigan, attending Birmingham schools and later majoring in history at Central Michigan University. He joined the US Marine Corp Reserve and attended Officer Candidate School but was honorably discharged for medical reasons. His early career was in media sales, which was followed by work in logistics. He moved to West Virginia in 2009 and retired in August 2019 from Canaan Valley Resort State Park, where he held several positions in operations and sales.
Dave loved his family and his country. He was a lifelong student of American history and read voraciously both military history and biography. Dave was a patriot who valued loyalty, duty and honor. His other steadfast passion was the game of baseball—he was a Little League pitcher as a boy, played softball in an adult league, and coached for two Little League teams. He was an ardent fan of the Detroit Tigers and was also a loyal, if beleaguered, Lions football fan. Dave was always happy to talk sports–with anyone, at any time.
Dave is survived by his sister Karen, her husband Tony Barnes, his nephew Chris Barnes (all of Dryfork, West Virginia), and cousins in both the Bergen and Jacobson families. Due to the pandemic, services will consist of small gatherings of family and friends in WV and in Michigan. Arrangements were handled by Dering-Henson Funeral home in Morgantown.
