Karen Jacobson
1936 - 2018
Obituary
Karen Sylvia Jacobson, 82, died
Wednesday (May 9, 2018) in Newton.
She was born on Feb. 29, 1936, in
Newton, the daughter of Gerald and Doris Ramey Kelso. Karen was
raised in Newton, graduating from Newton High School in 1954. She
worked for a short time for Southwestern Bell Telephone in Newton.
Karen married Jerome H. "Jerry"
Jacobson on Sept. 1, 1956, in Newton. In the early 1960s, they moved
to Olathe. Shortly after that, Johnson County Juvenile Hall was
opened and Karen was Jerry's administrative assistant there for 35
years. They retired in 1995.
Karen and Jerry returned to the Newton
area in 2002. She was a member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and
was an avid doll collector. She had also been a member of the
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the
Colonial Dames.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry,
and son, David Lee Jacobson, both of the home in North Newton;
daughter, Julie Ann Kauffman of Spring Hill; brothers, Phillip Kent
Kelso of Olathe and Gerald Kelso of Phoenix; granddaughters, Karen
Franke and Lauren Neyman; and great-granddaughters: Isabelle,
Josephine and Lucille Neyman, and Hendrix Franke.
Karen is preceded in death by her
parents.
Private family services will be held.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
