WYNOT — Dakota Preston Jacobs, 23, Wynot, died unexpectedly Dec. 31, 2022, near Newcastle.

Private family funeral services were held Jan. 8 at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.

Dakota Preston was born March 23, 1999, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Alan John and Maureen Lee (Casey) Jacobs. He grew up in the Wynot area and graduated from Hartington-Newcastle High School in 2017. Dakota then went to Northeast Technical Community College, Norfolk, for two years to study diesel mechanics.

Dakota is survived by his parents, Alan and Maureen Jacobs, Wynot; brothers, Wyatt Jacobs, Vermillion, S.D.; Zack (Jessica) Humphrey, Virginia Beach, Va.; nephew, Zander Humphrey, Virginia Beach, Va.; and grandmother, Jackie Bland.