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- The Deseret News
February 3, 1992
Irene Elizabeth Coleman Jacobson, age 80, beloved wife, mother and sister, known to many as Vardie, quietly and peacefully passed from this earthly existence on February 2, 1992. the oldest of ten children she was born April 20, 1911 in Salt Lake City to Charles W. and Irene Schofield Coleman. After graduating from Granite High School and completing one year at the University of Utah, Vardie was needed at home to help rear her younger brothers and sisters. She married Cecil Baltzar Jacobson June 6, 1934 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She was active in district and state PTA organizations, and when her own five children had missions, marriage, and college essentially behind them, she returned to the U of U to complete a BS degree in Home Economics and receive a teaching certificate, with which she became a highly regarded substitute teacher in Granite School District. Later, she attended many graduate courses at BYU to satisfy her active desire for knowledge. She and Cecil celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1984.
Vardie lived with her husband in Salt Lake City, Denver, Washington D.C., and Provo. They traveled extensively in all the continents, except Antarctica, in connection with Cecil's work and retirement as a Government Hydraulic Engineer and Civil Engineering professor at BYU. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many positions in the ward and stake organizations. She received the Golden Gleaner Award and enjoyed the girls' summer camps at Brighton, hiking, tennis and music. She was called to head an experimental Junior Sunday School in the Wilford Ward, after which Junior Sunday Schools were included in the regular church meetings. Many years later, she and her husband served as full-time missionaries to the Los Angeles Temple Visitors Center.
Vardie is survived by her husband; four brothers, Charles W. Coleman, Shingle Springs, Calif.; Harold S., Richard H., and Wallace J. Coleman, all of Salt Lake City; three sisters, Leah Lieurance, Napa, Calif.; Mrs. Drostan (Gloria) Baker, Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Mrs. Hans (Charlene) Holland, Painted Post, N.Y.; four sons, Philo J., Woodland Hills, Calif.; Dr. Cecil B., Provo; Coleman W., Grand Junction, Colo.; and Baltzar H., Orem; a daughter, Mrs. Richard (Vardie Anne) Bunker, Salt Lake City; 27 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A brother, Keith, a sister, Mrs. Calvin (Helen) Pond, and two grandchildren, preceded her in death.
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