"Harriet McCurdy Jacobucci"
OBITUARIES
Louis John Jacobucci
The Register, January 27, 2000
Louis John Jacobucci. 77. of South Dennis, who protected children in danger of abuse and neglect lor 25 years on Cape Cod, died Jan. I I at Eagle Pond Rehabilitation and Nursing Center alter a long illness.
He was born in Derby, Conn., where he graduated from high school.
He graduated from the University of Connecticut and received a master's degree from Columbia University School of Social Work.
During World War II, Mr. Jacobucci served in the Army as a radar mechanic, stationed in Shimya in the Aleutian Islands.
He was also an Army cook and baker.
A social work administrator for 37 years, he moved to the Cape in 1962 from Plainlield, N.J., to take charge of the Cape and Islands office of what was then called the Children's Protective Service, later known as the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
For 25 years, Mr. Jacobucci served as district director for Cape Cod and assistant regional director.
He retired in 1987.
He also was active in Barnstable housing issues and was elected in 1974 to the town's housing authority.
In addition, he was active in the Reverse Freedom Riders, the Cape Cod Community Council, now merged with United Way of Cape Cod.
He served on many boards of directors, including the
Cape Cod Mental Health Association, the
Cape Cod Homemaker Service, the
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod and the Massachusetts Conference of Social Welfare. He also was a teacher who published in his field. Mr. Jacobucci was an avid cat lover, birdwatcher and reader. He is survived by his wife,
Harriet McCurdy Jacobucci of Soulh Yarmouth; two sons.
Mark Jacobucci of Laguna Nigucl. Calif., and Andrew Jacobucci of Cambridge; two stepsons. Stephen Cameron of Georgetown, Del., and
Stanton Cameron of Baraboo Wis. two granddaughters, and three step-grandsons. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Cape Cod, P.O. Box 953, Barnstable, MA 02630.