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I WAS HIS OLDEST PATIENT

November 17, 2014

WHEN I WAS A FLT. ATT. IN MY EARLY 20'S I WENT TO DR. JACOBY WHEN I WAS ILL AND HE WROTE MY EXCUSES TO TAKE BACK TO THE AIRLINES.

I ATTENDED HIS WINE CLASSES IN HIS HOME, AND I SWEAR AT THE END OF THE EVENING WE ALL LEFT DRUNK. 

My Boys - Their Favorite Doctor

November 16, 2014



Dear David and Amy,

I know you will miss him dearly. 

Dr. Dean Jacoby became our "one-and-only" pediatrician in 1973.  We had arrived from England in '72, went to another doctor first but couldn't wait to sign on with Dr. Jacoby after all the wonderful accolades we had heard about him.  We were never disappointed.

Dr. Jacoby cared for my three boys from then until, oh gosh, it had to have been the mid 90's.   Dr. Jacoby ultimately had to call me to usher my oldest on to a, "grown-ups' " physician, since as he explained to me my senior soon-to-go-to-college son was now well out of diapers!   It was one of those bitter sweet times in life when you have to move on, but you really don't want to.   Their Dad had unexpectedly died in '84, and so I know he was particularly watchful of them as they turned from little boys into adolescents.   

There are some people in your life that you will never ever forget.  That says it all for Dr. Jacoby.   Not only that, you think of them often as everything in your children's past and sometimes the present and future is in some way connected.  I loved not only the way he cared for them, but his philosophies about how children should be raised.    "Don't let them become "allergy" cripples; not all kids want to play team sports; they don't all have to follow the herd; they have their own lead; don't worry, they will survive;  let them go, they will come back!"  

Dr. Jacoby has touched so many lives and will continue to do so as he is remembered affectionately and quoted often.  God Bless him as he moves on to that place somewhere in the sky where they have been waiting for this brilliant, kind and dedicated human being.  He will be missed but never forgotten.  


Thank you for sharing your Dad with us,

Sincerely and with love,

Diana Finn (Costanzo)         


      

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