Theresa Florence Jacobson

Theresa Florence Jacobson was born in Denver, CO on December 14, 1958. She died on September 25, 2024 in Olympia, WA. Her parents were Olof Hildebrand Jacobson and Margaret Ellen Detweiler Jacobson. She was named for her two grandmothers. Her loving family includes four sisters and one brother.

The family home was filled with laughter, music and smart-aleck jokes. "Books are our friends" were words to live by. The Jacobsons were very fortunate to spend summers in the Colorado high country, in a cabin at Big Elk Meadows near Rocky Mountain National Park.

Early in her working life, Theresa worked in horticulture, learning and growing many different types of plants: tropical, bedding plants and landscape stock, cut flowers, food crops and cacti. She later worked as a candle maker, glass gaffer, and wood worker, as well as in other creative endeavors.

Theresa moved to Washington State in 1982. She came to pick apples, and stayed over 40 years. She lived in Seattle for seven years, working in a health food store and rehabilitating apartments between tenants. Later in that period, Theresa formed a partnership and founded two novelty vaudeville-style musical acts. Gumbo Jazz featured music from the 1920's and 30's. Loco Rodeo presented Western Swing music from the late 20's through the middle 1940's. Both two-person acts highlighted period costumes, comedy, and audience participation.

She moved to Shelton, bought a beautiful property in the woods, built her own house, and lived there for 30+ years. Theresa became an integral, active member of the Shelton community, serving on committees, helping out at rallies, raising funds for schools and food banks, and organizing for other causes in which she deeply believed.

Theresa was smart, endlessly curious, kindhearted, hilariously funny, and sometimes wickedly sarcastic. She loved music, hummingbirds, border collies, the Rocky Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, frogs, flowers, her library, camping, singing, and cooking big meals to share with loved ones. Most of all, she loved her family and dear friends; they were 'a good crowd.'

She is survived by her five siblings and their spouses, seven nieces and nephews, and many great-nieces and great-nephews. Plans for a memorial gathering will be determined at a later date.