Memorial for Michael Jacobs, Murdered CVS Manager

Michael Jacobs was manager of CVS pharmacy who was tragically murdered Thursday September 7th, 2023. Michael was a father of two and a husband to his wife Stacy of 23 years.

I am Gabriel Jacobs, the son of Michael Jacobs, my father. When i think about my father i remember his smile and his laugh and his voice. I remember the frequent times he would make me smile as i felt sad. He was such a perfect person, he made me realize what i want to do in this life. He made me feel safe and secure as the person he raised me into. When i tell anybody about the tragic murder of him i tell them about how i remember him as "the strong man" he would always remind me of taking on hard tasks and being a strong person to support the ones you love. He would tell me about the concept of sacrifices and how he sacrificed things he enjoyed to make everything possible for us. He supported us in every possible way he could, He supported everybody in every way he could. My dad would come home and tell us stories of how hed help his customers. Hed share the stories of him loading big heavy furniture pieces into customers cars who physically were too weak to hold them. The entire community Mike built loved him, he gave us as a society the true meaning of kindness and compassion from strangers. Mike cared so deeply for everybody, he was a light, he was a sun for everybody to brightly gaze into when they had nobody else to look up into. He showed everybody that he was always there for us.

He made me feel so incredibly loved. I would tell him about all of my interests like drawing and painting and crystals and music. He would lovingly listen to me talk about the way i drew and my art style and the characters i would like to draw. He made my life a perfect array of authenticity in my self character due to his perfection of participation in my life. I would show my dad the music i liked to listen to and id play it for us in the car when we drove around shopping. He loved the band iron maiden, I remember my mom and i were so excited to gift him an iron maiden tee shirt we found at the store one day. We gifted it to him for fathers day, he was so happy and amazed when he unboxed it from its packaging. My dad loved us all, everyone would tell me all the time. I remember his coworkers would see me and my family and stop us and say how he would show photos of us and gush and talk about all the things we would do together, i remember him taking pictures of me drawing and then the following days would tell me how he shows them to his coworkers and they would all talk about how good i was at art. Now everyone tells me how he loved my art and myself as a person, as his family, and as his son.

I loved my dad and he loved me, life felt perfect. He made my life a banquet of possibilities courtesy of his dedication to his job. Im so utterly disappointed that CVS didnt show the same love that we all felt towards him. CVS has not even reached out to us to discuss medical expenses along with funeral expenses. Frankly they seem to entirely lack care regarding my father at all. There are so many loose ends in the tragic murder of my father that the company refuses to help with. I cant even begin to display how completely upset and hurt i am because of the lack of care CVS showed in his murder. I sob and cry hard at night knowing nothing anybody can do will bring back my father. As a community we need to hold everyone accountable who contributed in the murder of my father. Justice will help me to sleep soundly at night. My father helped me realize i have worth in this life and i am capable of many many great things if i put my mind to it. He would always tell me anything is possible if i have genuine want. I want whats best for my father and i am going to get him the justice and peace that he deserves in every way that i can.

We need so desperately the help of our community through financial support to help cover the costs of losing a loved one.

"Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted." -Ocean Vuong

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