ALLYN JACOBSON

Allyn H. Jacobson passed away on November 23, 2020. Love matched to his wife, Ruth Taylor Jacobson, for 62 years. Along with his marriage he recently said his greatest source of pride and joy were his children- Lisa (Leo Katz), Wendy (Jason Simon) and Rocky; grandchildren- Corey Katz (Alexandria), Tanner Katz (Mackenzie), Haley Simon and Casey Simon (and grandogs- Sammy, Cody, JoJo and Charlie). He greatly missed his late brother Emanuel Jacobson with whom he was very close. Allyn is also survived by his sister Sandra Weiner and many nieces and nephews that he adored and enjoyed spending time with. Allyn worked for Advanta as a Sr VP for over 30 years. He served his beloved country in the Korean War. He was an avid tennis and golf player. Joining his good friend, Irv Linder, on the Temple University tennis team. Allyn was dedicated to tennis as a linesman and umpire for the professional USTA and World Cup Tennis tournaments in the Philadelphia area. He sat on the board of the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center (now Legacy) and was Vice Chairman of Youth Tennis in Philadelphia. He loved service and over the years was active participant in the Mens Club at Shaare Shamayim, Special Olympics and The Museum of Art. In these last few years he was a board member of the Northeast Division of JAFCO. Allyn loved history and dedicated himself to his popular blog read by family, friends and strangers for his insightful discussion of the state of American politics. Lastly he truly loved the Philly sports teams despite their repeated failures. Allyn was generally disgruntled with them even in a win- except for Flyers in 1974 and 1975, Phillies in 1980 and 2008, 76ers in 1955, 1975 and 1983 and Eagles in 2018.
You are welcome to join the service on Zoom on Wednesday, November 25th at 2pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85143006182?pwd=c253LzBzckpwQ203bkY5dStSTVR1QT09

Contributions in his memory may be made to:
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