Irene Elizabeth Coleman

1911 - 1992

• Born	20 Apr 1911	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Feb 1992
  Buried	3 Feb 1992	Holladay Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT
  _CRE	15 Feb 2015
  	15:48:07
  Notes	The following obituary provided by Richard K. Hascall: The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, 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, shereturned to the U of Utah 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 heractive 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 tothe 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. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 3, 1992, at the Cottonwood Mortuary, 4670 Highland Drive, SLC. Friends may call at the mortuary an hour before the service. The burial will be in Holladay Memorial Park, 4900 Memory Lane, Salt Lake City.
  Person ID	I26067	Moon Anderson Family History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family	Cecil Baltzar Jacobson,   b. 31 Jan 1910, Utah, ,   d. 10 Oct 2002, Orem, Utah Co., UT
  Married	6 Jun 1934	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., UT
  Family ID	F9654	Group Sheet