Brian D. Jenkins

Brian Douglas Jenkins, age 50, passed away peacefully due to multiple organ failure on February 15, 2022. His beloved family was by his side when he took his final breath.



Brian was born on January 25, 1972 in Guam, to David Sr. and Mary Alice. When the Jenkins family moved to Nebraska, young Brian studied at Papillion-La Vista Senior High School, and attended college at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Barely out of his teens, he served his country as part of the Army National Guard (ARNG). And up until he fell ill over the holidays, Brian continued to serve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by working as a Materials Handler.



Quiet and reserved in life but with a wicked sense of humor, Brian was known by many terms of endearment: He was fondly called “Big Boy” by his father, “Dad” or “Daddy” by his sons, “NG” for “Nebraska Guy” by his friends from across the miles; and the most special of all, to his wife, he was simply, “Sweetie.”



Brian preferred to stay home after a long day at work and plop himself down in front of his computer with a cold one while jamming to his favorite music. This became a nightly routine that he amusingly called “Boujee Nights.” To this day, no one knows exactly what that means, except that it might be a play on the words “Boogie Nights.” With his trademark wicked sense of humor, he’s probably snickering from the great beyond because he has, quite literally, taken its meaning to the grave.



It was his love for music that led him to his destiny. He and his wife of 14 years, Vikkicar, both fans of the erstwhile actor and singer Jamie Walters, met online on one of Walters’ message boards. After years of having a long-distance relationship, the smitten Brian made the almost 24-hour trip to Manila, Philippines, to formally meet Vikkicar and her family. The rest, as they say, is romance history. Their son Gavin is living proof that long-distance relationships can work, after all.



He was a simple man who preferred sporting casual Carhartt shirts to stuffy dress shirts (which he just wore at times to please his wife). He had simple joys like going to the supermarket every Saturday (he left his family a bajillion years’ worth of bacon and laundry detergent). Going to the shooting range to let off steam was one of his favorite ways to decompress. And he loved to collect little things like shot glasses and old school CDs.



Brian never did have any lofty goals, but he always dreamed of going back to his birthplace in Agana, Guam, and attending the annual Oktoberfest in Germany one day. For someone who wasn’t much of a risk taker in life, he took the ultimate risk one fine day in August 2008 to marry the love of his life. “Two dreamers said ‘I DO’ and never looked back,” he once wrote on an anniversary Facebook post for Vikkicar. In this world of uncertainty, may we all take a cue from Brian’s life and legacy, and be dreamers who never look back. In life, he taught us that joy could be found in the simple things. And in death, he is teaching us that life is too unpredictably short not to say, “I DO.”



His mother, Mary Alice Jenkins, and father-in-law, Leonilo Bacani, preceded Brian in death. He is survived by his devoted wife, Vikkicar Bacani Jenkins, sons Brian Jr. and Gavin, father David A. Jenkins, Sr., and his brother David A. Jenkins, Jr. His mother-in-law Lourdes Bacani, sisters-in-law Joanne and Mallory, brother-in-law Lyndon, along with his wife Ivy and son Dylan, survive Brian as well.



Please join us in celebrating Brian’s life with a Jenkins and Bacani family visitation on Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at John A. Gentleman Mortuaries, 1010 N 72nd Street, Omaha, NE.



A funeral service follows immediately at 11:00 a.m.



In lieu of flowers, a donation under Brian’s name to a church of your choice will be highly appreciated.