Victor J. Jacobs, 82, died at the Dwight D. Eisenhower V. A. Hospital, Leavenworth, Kansas, on March 6, 2007. He was born August 15, 1924 at Pfeifer, Kansas, the son of John Peter and Margaret (Kisner) Jacobs. Mr. Jacobs was a retired security officer, residing in Olathe, Kansas, for one year, coming from Great Bend, Kansas, where he lived for thirteen years. He was a United States Army Veteran of World War II, serving from 1942-1946, with the rank of Staff Sergeant. He fought in four battles in the Pacific Theatre and received the Purple Heart. Mr. Jacobs was of the Catholic faith. He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans, American Legion Argonne Post 180 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Morris-McFadden Post 3111, both of Great Bend. Suriving Mr. Jacobs are two sons, Gerald Jacobs and wife, Jeannette, Olathe, Kansas, and Bryan Jacobs, Denton, Texas; two daughters, Sheila Walters and husband, Tony, Parkville, Missouri, and Sharon Cox and husband, Dennis, Denton, Texas; two brothers, Ray Jacobs and wife, Eva, Broomfield, Colorado, and Alfred Jacobs and wife, Virginia, Salina, Kansas; three sisters, Rose Breit, Wichita, Kansas, Virginia Schlegel, Hays, Kansas, and Bridgette Karst, Hays, Kansas and stepson, Gary Rankin and wife, Georgya, Denton, Texas. Six grandchildren also survive: Christa Ketcham, Deborah Jacobs, Keith Jacobs, Cameron Cox, Tiffany Cox, and Russell Cox, along with five great-grandchildren: Jack Ketcham, Jacob Ketcham, Gage Jacobs, Wesley Jacobs, and Lillie Jacobs and two step-grandchildren, David Rankin and Katrina Rankin. He was preceded in death by two wives, Mary B. Leiker Jacobs and Betty Rankin Jacobs, two brothers, Andrew Jacobs and Ignatius Jacobs and four sisters Mary Breit, Helen Shupman, Margaret Shupman and Ann Pfannenstiel. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 9, 2007 at Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Great Bend, with Father Reginald A. Urban officiating. Burial will be in the Great Bend Cemetery with Military Honors conducted by Fort Riley Honor Guard. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 8, 2007. A memorial fund in Mr. Jacobs' name has been established with Barton County Relay for Life or the American Cancer Society, both in care of the funeral home.