MONTY JACOBS

10/30/1949 - 12/29/2011 Patient activist and three-time cancer
survivor, Monty Jacobs passed away peacefully from heart
complications due to radiation fibrosis.

He departed just as the last guests left his farewell party.

Monty was born in Lakewood, CA. His mother Patty, a fifth-generation
Californian, had a great aunt who traveled with the Donner Party but
split-off to go through Death Valley instead.

His father Harvey was an internationally known hydraulic engineer.

Monty had a passion for automobiles. During cancer recovery in the
1980s, he customized a rolled-over Porsche, attracting the interest
of fellow enthusiasts. An inventor with an artistic flair who worked
with wood and metal, he designed many custom pieces, including a
cannabis vaporizer before it became popular. He and his wife, Mary
Pat, followed the fair circuit, carving redwood signs.

With his brother, Hal Jacobs, Monty designed and built several homes
- - some award winning, some passive solar - including a beautiful
off-the-grid home on their land known as Ent Walk. Monty and Mary Pat
played a critical role in the passage of the 1996 medical marijuana
initiative Prop 215 and were among the top signature gatherers for
the petition drive.

As leaders of the Sonoma Alliance for Medical Marijuana, the couple
worked with law enforcement for patients' rights.

Monty's garden was the model for the Sonoma County guidelines that
use a 100 sq. ft. garden canopy rather than a plant count.

Monty is survived by Mary Pat, his assistance dog Sassy, his brother,
and many friends, in-laws, nieces and nephews.

Donations in his memory will be used to maintain and continue his
dream of creating an arboretum at Ent Walk and may be sent to Mary
Pat Jacobs, PO Box 216, Sebastopol, CA 95473.