Obituary of Carolyn Jacobson

Carolyn Marie Jacobson of Bashaw, Alberta passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the age of 73 years. Carolyn Marie Jacobson was born in Glendive, Montana, on January 25, 1945, the eldest child of the Rev. Waldo H. Wall and Wilma Dee (nee) Sloan and fell asleep in Christ on March 22, 2018, at the age of 73. Her childhood was spent in Montana, Manitoba, and Idaho. After high school she attended the Montana Institute of the Bible and Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT, and later the University of Alberta in Edmonton. On June 19, 1965, Carolyn and the Rev. Joseph Robert Jacobson were joined in marriage in Challis, Idaho. Their marriage was blessed with two children, Joseph Bradley and Theresa Marie, and nine grandchildren. Alberta was home to Carolyn and Joseph for the entire 52 years and 8 months of their marriage. From 1965 to 1985 they served Lutheran parishes in Westlock, Calgary, Camrose and Donalda. From 1985 to 1994 they resided in Edmonton while Joseph served as Bishop of the Alberta Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. In 1994 they retired for the first time to their little farm east of Bashaw. At Easter Vigil, 2000, they were received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church. When Joseph was ordained a Catholic Deacon and Priest in 2007 for service in the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, they moved to McLennan where Carolyn served as organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist while Joseph served under Archbishop Gerard Pettipas as Chancellor of the Archdiocese and Parochial Vicar of the Cathedral Parish. In 2014 they retired for the second time back to the farm. Carolyn's love of people and her deep commitment to working for their well-being were inspired in her by God's love for her and for all His children revealed in Jesus Christ. The various situations in which she found herself throughout her married life offered her many opportunities to express that love, and many people have been warmed by it. In all her roles as spouse, partner in ministry, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, teacher, musician, water colour artist, refugee sponsor, and home-maker, Carolyn has always been her beautiful ingenuous self - guileless, undevious, and keenly alert to whatever is going on in the people around her. Carolyn is survived by her husband, Fr. Joseph Robert; their son Joseph Bradley (Cindy); their daughter Theresa Marie (Gerald Levasseur); her mother-in-law Violet Jacobson and step-mother Mary Lou Wall; her sisters Marjorie (James Peake), Lorene (Judkins), and Katherine (Skretting); her brothers Dwayne, Michael (Christine) and Matthew; grandchildren Daniel and Rebecca Jacobson and Nathan, Kyra, Ashton, Ryley Ray, Savannah, Riyo, and Adam Levasseur; Joe (Bonsan), Krista (Hynes) and their children Kail, Kya, and Karter; and numerous extended family members and friends. A Memorial Mass was celebrated at 7:00 pm, Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Camrose with Fr. Larry Pederson, celebrant, and Deacon Doug Tien, homilist. Her Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11:00 am, Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Bashaw with Archbishop Gerard Pettipas, celebrant, and Fr. Mirek Kostarzewski, concelebrant. Interment has taken place in the Meeting Creek Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made in Carolyn's name to CLBI, WMPL, Catholic Missions in Canada, Chalice International, and/or CNEWA-Canada.