JACOB VARGHESE VATHALLOOR (THAMBAN) WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 3, 1937, TO HIS LATE PARENTS VARGHESE CHACKO VATHALLOOR AND ALEYAMMA VARGHESE OF VATHALLOOR HOUSE, BHARNIKAVU KATTANAM, KERALA, INDIA. HE GREW UP IN A PENTECOSTAL FAMILY AS THE 2ND OF 8 CHILDREN, TOOK WATER BAPTISM, AND RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.
HE MOVED TO BHOPAL, M.P., INDIA IN AUGUST 1959 TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. HE WORKED IN BHEL FOR 30 YEARS WHILE BEING AN INSTRUMENTAL PIONEER MEMBER IN THE FIRST TPM CHURCH IN BHOPAL. HE MARRIED THE LATE AMMINI JACOB ON JUNE 7,1965, AND GOD BLESSED THEM WITH THREE CHILDREN, MINU, BINU, AND LINU.
HE MIGRATED TO CHICAGO IN FEBRUARY 1988 FOR A BETTER FUTURE FOR HIS CHILDREN. HE WORKED VERY HARD BUT WAS EASYGOING AND THANKFUL FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS IN HIS LIFE AND FOUND JOY IN MAKING OTHER PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE. HE WAS EXTREMELY FAMILY-ORIENTED, ENJOYED HIS SIX SISTERS AND THEIR FAMILIES BEING SO CLOSE IN CHICAGO, AND LOVED EVERY LARGE FAMILY GATHERING. HE OFTEN SANG CHRISTIAN HINDI, MALAYALAM, AND ENGLISH SONGS AT HOME. HE HAD A GREAT RESPECT FOR THE SERVANTS OF GOD AND HAD A STRONG DESIRE TO HELP THE MINISTRY IN WHATEVER WAY HE COULD.
HE AND HIS WIFE MOVED TO DALLAS IN APRIL 2022 TO BE WITH HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER, AND HE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD PEACEFULLY ON JULY 2, 2022, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY AND PRAYERS. HE WAS A BELOVED HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, UNCLE, BROTHER, AND FRIEND. WE WERE GREATLY BLESSED TO HAVE HIM IN OUR LIVES AND HAVE THE BLESSED HOPE WE WILL SEE HIM AGAIN IN ETERNITY. HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HIS WIFE, AND BROTHER KUNJUMON. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SIX SISTERS, MARYKUTTY (VARGHESE), ACHIAMMA (LATE CHACKO), GRACE (GEORGEKUTTY), GLORY (JACOB), ELSY (JOHN), AND DAISY (SAMKUTTY), FIFTEEN NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND THEIR FAMILIES, THREE CHILDREN, MINU (WILSON), BINU (SHERIN), AND LINU (PRAKASH), AND EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, SARAH, RUHA, JACOB, AARON, KATELYNN, BENJAMIN, JOHN, AND JOSEPH.
Memorial Service 07/15/22: https://provisiontv.in/jacob-v-vathalloor-84-memorial-service-7-15-2022/
Funeral service 07/16/22: https://provisiontv.in/jacob-v-vathalloor-84-home-going-service-7-16-2022/