WINIGAN, MO. ? A northeast Missouri boy has lost his courageous, 13-month battle with brain cancer.
Will Jacobs, 13, died early Saturday morning at his home outside Winigan.
?Iron Will,? as he came to be called, attended school at Green City
R-1 Schools.
His positive attitude, strength, humor and courage won the hearts of the community.
Public visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, September 27, 2012, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on East Normal Street in Kirksville.
Will?s funeral is set for 1 p.m. Friday, September 28, 2012, at the church.
Will is survived by his parents, Allen and Trena Jacobs, as well as his five brothers and two sisters.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the ?Will Jacobs Memorial Fund.?
Those donations may be left either at the church, at the Farmers Bank of Green City or at Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville.
Click?HERE?for a link to Will Jacobs? obituary.
Here are a couple of previous stories KTVO aired on this topic:
Boy with brain cancer wants to meet Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby calls Heartland teen at home
Article source: http://www.heartlandconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=805439
Source: http://cancerkick.com/2012/09/25/iron-will-loses-courageous-battle-with-brain-cancer/
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