Jaimie Margaret Jacobs

Jaimie Margaret Farkas Jacobs of Stevensville, MD, passed on with peace, grace, and strength on January11, 2015, at Compass Regional Hospice of Centreville, MD. She was 45 years old. During the past year that Jaimie lived with a Stage 4 brain tumor diagnosis, she and her husband Jason continued to make many wonderful memories with their children, Deanna and Nick, as well as with all of the other family members and the many friends in her life. Born on December 5, 1969, in Passaic, NJ, Jaimie lived in Clifton and West Milford, NJ, Strasburg, PA, and Annapolis, MD, before moving to the Mid-Shore area of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She graduated in 1988, from Lancaster Catholic High School in Lancaster, PA. She earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Education 1992 from Elizabethtown College, PA. In 2001, she earned a Masters of Science Degree in Education Technology from Loyola University in Baltimore. After graduating from Elizabethtown College, Jaimie moved to Annapolis and later the Eastern Shore of Maryland where she worked with the Director of a Sylvan Learning Center, teaching reading in the Easton elementary schools. After marrying Jason, Jaimie taught mathematics at Mount Saint Joseph High School and then at Holy Family School, both in Baltimore. She then worked with the Maryland State Board of Elections, focusing on enabling voting for those with special needs. More recently, she tutored mathematics at the Grasonville Elementary School so that she could coordinate her work schedule with the schedules of her children. Throughout her life, Jaimie has been an active, energetic, and caring person. At Elizabethtown College, she ran on the cross-country team. She was an active environmentalist and a volunteer at Atkins Arboretum. She volunteered at the Matapeake Elementary School as a Character Counts coach, leading efforts to collect box tops to raise money for the school, and as well as being a member of the PTA She studied martial arts with her children and volunteered with their soccer club. As an energetic mother, she kayaked, hiked, boated, camped, and helped with cub scouts. As a gardener and Master Naturalist thru Adkins Arboretum, she and Jason had a garden filled with plants native to the Eastern Shore that attracted an abundance of colorful wildlife. She was member of and sometimes volunteered at Christ Episcopal Church in Stevensville. Jaimie received wonderful support from that community for her and her family throughout the difficult stages of her illness. At Compass Hospice, during her final weeks, Jaimie was known to be a lady of great strength, courage and grace. But most importantly, she was a woman who dearly loved her husband, Jason, and her children, Deanna and Nick; her nephews, Jack, Griffin, Matthew, Milo, and Oliver; her niece Allure; and the rest of her large extended family and friends who knew and loved Jaimie for all that she did for all of us. Jaimie spent her life as a loving and dedicated person to those around her, especially to those she loved. Her spirit will always be with us a source of courage and strength. “All is well. Nothing is past; nothing is lost. One brief moment and all will be as it was before. How we shall laugh at the trouble of parting when we meet again!” Jaimie is survived by her husband, Jason Daniel Jacobs, and her children, Deanna Margaret Jacobs and Nicholas “Nick” Collins Jacobs, all of Stevensville, MD; her mother and father, James and Margaret Donnelly Farkas of Willow Street, PA; her brothers, James Farkas of Rockville, MD, Jeremy Farkas of Baltimore, MD, and his wife Carly and their three children Matthew, Milo, and Oliver, and Jared Farkas of Fort Lauderdale, FL; her sister, Jodie Farkas and her children Allure, Kalliah, Javian and Jondell of Harrisburg, PA; her parents-in-law, Michael J. and Maureen A. Jacobs of Easton; and her sister-in-law, Melanie J. Barney and her husband Bruce and their sons Jack Michael Barney and Griffin Thomas Barney, all of Stevensville, MD. A memorial service will be held at Christ Church Episcopal Church at 830 Romancoke Road, Stevensville, MD, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, January 17. As Jaimie would want it, this will be a very “kid friendly” Celebration of Jaimie’s life. There will be a short service in the main church followed by an extended Celebration in the reception hall. The family will be wearing casual, colorful clothes, and invite you to do the same. Some grieving and tears are welcome, but please bring plenty of joy and stories to share of how you knew Jaimie. In lieu of flowers, the family recommends contributions to be made to one of the following: CaringBridge: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jaimiejacobs Compass Regional Hospice (formerly Hospice of Queen Anne): http://www.hospiceofqueenannes.org Dr. Q’s fight against Brain Tumors thru the Department of Neurosurgery at John’s Hopkins: http://doctorqmd.com.

Jaimie Margaret Jacobs

December 5, 1969 - January 11, 2015