Theodore Christian (Ted) Jacobsen passed away peacefully at his home with his loving wife Florence at his bedside on May 28, 2009.
Dad was born October 20, 1908 in San Francisco, California to Soren N. and Anna Jensen Jacobsen.
He was the oldest of four children, Margaret J. Bennion (deceased), Leo M. Jacobsen (deceased) and is survived by his sister Ruth J. Kirby.
The family lived briefly in San Francisco while Soren worked as a construction supervisor rebuilding many projects in the city after the 1906 earthquake. Dad grew up in Salt Lake, attended LDS High School and the University of Utah. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Dad earned two letters at the "U" for Basketball. While at LDS High School his basketball team took the State High School Championship in 1926. The team went on to the National High School Finals where they were in the tournament until they lost on the last night by one point.
The LDS High basketball team's camaraderie was extraordinary and their accomplishments were a source of pride for all members their entire lives. After serving an LDS mission to Denmark, Dad returned home, completed his schooling and married Florence Smith in 1935. Mom and Dad had three sons, Stephen, Alan and Heber. Alan preceded Dad in death in 2004.
Dad's life was shaped by his experiences with his father and brother starting and managing Jacobsen Construction Company during the beginning of the Great Depression. Dad was part of Jacobsen Construction until his retirement in 1978. He was proud of what he and Leo had built the Company into when he retired.
Some of the projects Jacobsen Construction performed during Dad's involvement are: Montgomery Ward Store, Greyhound Bus Depots, LDS Church Parking Garage, ZCMI Parking Structure, Special Events (Huntsman Center) and Physical Education Complex at the "U", many project during the war years for the U.S. Military in and around Salt Lake, Salt Lake City Waste Water Treatment Plant in Rose Park, Bank of Idaho Building in Boise, Many Sears-Roebuck Projects, Physical Science Building at San Jose State Univ., Washoe Medical Center in Reno, St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Carson-Tahoe Hospital, Stanford University Basketball Arena, Stanford University High-rise Housing, Expansion of the Hotel Utah, The Los Angeles Temple, The Washington D.C. Temple, and The Oakland Temple to name just a few.
Dad was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the Bonneville Ward Bishopric for seven years and as Bishop for seven, as President of the Eastern State Mission for four years, as a Regional Representative, as a member of the Church Missionary Committee, as a Director of Temple Square, as a Sealer in the Salt Lake Temple and lastly as a faithful Home Teacher. Dad served a two year term in the Utah Legislature.
He served as member of the Board of Directors of the following: Utah Power and Light Company (31 years), Utah Portland Cement Company and the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve. He also served as the President of the Utah Associated General Contractors and two terms as President of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Dad belonged to the Alta Club, the Salt Lake Country Club, the Rotary Club of Salt Lake, and Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, where he was a past president.
Dad loved to fish and enjoyed many hours on Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone. He loved seeing his grandchildren and great-grandchildren catch browns, cutthroats and rainbows.
He was an avid golfer and outlived all but one of his golfing buddies. Dad's posterity includes nine grand children and 18 great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in the Ensign Second Ward Chapel (Ensign Stake Center), 135 North "A" Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends and family may visit from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Family members may gather at 10:00 a.m. prior to the services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from May 31 to June 2, 2009.
Dad was born October 20, 1908 in San Francisco, California to Soren N. and Anna Jensen Jacobsen.
He was the oldest of four children, Margaret J. Bennion (deceased), Leo M. Jacobsen (deceased) and is survived by his sister Ruth J. Kirby.
The family lived briefly in San Francisco while Soren worked as a construction supervisor rebuilding many projects in the city after the 1906 earthquake. Dad grew up in Salt Lake, attended LDS High School and the University of Utah. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Dad earned two letters at the "U" for Basketball. While at LDS High School his basketball team took the State High School Championship in 1926. The team went on to the National High School Finals where they were in the tournament until they lost on the last night by one point.
The LDS High basketball team's camaraderie was extraordinary and their accomplishments were a source of pride for all members their entire lives. After serving an LDS mission to Denmark, Dad returned home, completed his schooling and married Florence Smith in 1935. Mom and Dad had three sons, Stephen, Alan and Heber. Alan preceded Dad in death in 2004.
Dad's life was shaped by his experiences with his father and brother starting and managing Jacobsen Construction Company during the beginning of the Great Depression. Dad was part of Jacobsen Construction until his retirement in 1978. He was proud of what he and Leo had built the Company into when he retired.
Some of the projects Jacobsen Construction performed during Dad's involvement are: Montgomery Ward Store, Greyhound Bus Depots, LDS Church Parking Garage, ZCMI Parking Structure, Special Events (Huntsman Center) and Physical Education Complex at the "U", many project during the war years for the U.S. Military in and around Salt Lake, Salt Lake City Waste Water Treatment Plant in Rose Park, Bank of Idaho Building in Boise, Many Sears-Roebuck Projects, Physical Science Building at San Jose State Univ., Washoe Medical Center in Reno, St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Carson-Tahoe Hospital, Stanford University Basketball Arena, Stanford University High-rise Housing, Expansion of the Hotel Utah, The Los Angeles Temple, The Washington D.C. Temple, and The Oakland Temple to name just a few.
Dad was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the Bonneville Ward Bishopric for seven years and as Bishop for seven, as President of the Eastern State Mission for four years, as a Regional Representative, as a member of the Church Missionary Committee, as a Director of Temple Square, as a Sealer in the Salt Lake Temple and lastly as a faithful Home Teacher. Dad served a two year term in the Utah Legislature.
He served as member of the Board of Directors of the following: Utah Power and Light Company (31 years), Utah Portland Cement Company and the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve. He also served as the President of the Utah Associated General Contractors and two terms as President of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Dad belonged to the Alta Club, the Salt Lake Country Club, the Rotary Club of Salt Lake, and Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, where he was a past president.
Dad loved to fish and enjoyed many hours on Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone. He loved seeing his grandchildren and great-grandchildren catch browns, cutthroats and rainbows.
He was an avid golfer and outlived all but one of his golfing buddies. Dad's posterity includes nine grand children and 18 great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in the Ensign Second Ward Chapel (Ensign Stake Center), 135 North "A" Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends and family may visit from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Family members may gather at 10:00 a.m. prior to the services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from May 31 to June 2, 2009.
Theodore Christian (Ted) Jacobsen passed away peacefully at his home with his loving wife Florence at his bedside on May 28, 2009.
Dad was born October 20, 1908 in San Francisco, California to Soren N. and Anna Jensen Jacobsen.
He was the oldest of four children, Margaret J. Bennion (deceased), Leo M. Jacobsen (deceased) and is survived by his sister Ruth J. Kirby.
The family lived briefly in San Francisco while Soren worked as a construction supervisor rebuilding many projects in the city after the 1906 earthquake. Dad grew up in Salt Lake, attended LDS High School and the University of Utah. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Dad earned two letters at the "U" for Basketball. While at LDS High School his basketball team took the State High School Championship in 1926. The team went on to the National High School Finals where they were in the tournament until they lost on the last night by one point.
The LDS High basketball team's camaraderie was extraordinary and their accomplishments were a source of pride for all members their entire lives. After serving an LDS mission to Denmark, Dad returned home, completed his schooling and married Florence Smith in 1935. Mom and Dad had three sons, Stephen, Alan and Heber. Alan preceded Dad in death in 2004.
Dad's life was shaped by his experiences with his father and brother starting and managing Jacobsen Construction Company during the beginning of the Great Depression. Dad was part of Jacobsen Construction until his retirement in 1978. He was proud of what he and Leo had built the Company into when he retired.
Some of the projects Jacobsen Construction performed during Dad's involvement are: Montgomery Ward Store, Greyhound Bus Depots, LDS Church Parking Garage, ZCMI Parking Structure, Special Events (Huntsman Center) and Physical Education Complex at the "U", many project during the war years for the U.S. Military in and around Salt Lake, Salt Lake City Waste Water Treatment Plant in Rose Park, Bank of Idaho Building in Boise, Many Sears-Roebuck Projects, Physical Science Building at San Jose State Univ., Washoe Medical Center in Reno, St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Carson-Tahoe Hospital, Stanford University Basketball Arena, Stanford University High-rise Housing, Expansion of the Hotel Utah, The Los Angeles Temple, The Washington D.C. Temple, and The Oakland Temple to name just a few.
Dad was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the Bonneville Ward Bishopric for seven years and as Bishop for seven, as President of the Eastern State Mission for four years, as a Regional Representative, as a member of the Church Missionary Committee, as a Director of Temple Square, as a Sealer in the Salt Lake Temple and lastly as a faithful Home Teacher. Dad served a two year term in the Utah Legislature.
He served as member of the Board of Directors of the following: Utah Power and Light Company (31 years), Utah Portland Cement Company and the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve. He also served as the President of the Utah Associated General Contractors and two terms as President of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Dad belonged to the Alta Club, the Salt Lake Country Club, the Rotary Club of Salt Lake, and Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, where he was a past president.
Dad loved to fish and enjoyed many hours on Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone. He loved seeing his grandchildren and great-grandchildren catch browns, cutthroats and rainbows.
He was an avid golfer and outlived all but one of his golfing buddies. Dad's posterity includes nine grand children and 18 great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in the Ensign Second Ward Chapel (Ensign Stake Center), 135 North "A" Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends and family may visit from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Family members may gather at 10:00 a.m. prior to the services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from May 31 to June 2, 2009.
Dad was born October 20, 1908 in San Francisco, California to Soren N. and Anna Jensen Jacobsen.
He was the oldest of four children, Margaret J. Bennion (deceased), Leo M. Jacobsen (deceased) and is survived by his sister Ruth J. Kirby.
The family lived briefly in San Francisco while Soren worked as a construction supervisor rebuilding many projects in the city after the 1906 earthquake. Dad grew up in Salt Lake, attended LDS High School and the University of Utah. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College with a degree in Civil Engineering.
Dad earned two letters at the "U" for Basketball. While at LDS High School his basketball team took the State High School Championship in 1926. The team went on to the National High School Finals where they were in the tournament until they lost on the last night by one point.
The LDS High basketball team's camaraderie was extraordinary and their accomplishments were a source of pride for all members their entire lives. After serving an LDS mission to Denmark, Dad returned home, completed his schooling and married Florence Smith in 1935. Mom and Dad had three sons, Stephen, Alan and Heber. Alan preceded Dad in death in 2004.
Dad's life was shaped by his experiences with his father and brother starting and managing Jacobsen Construction Company during the beginning of the Great Depression. Dad was part of Jacobsen Construction until his retirement in 1978. He was proud of what he and Leo had built the Company into when he retired.
Some of the projects Jacobsen Construction performed during Dad's involvement are: Montgomery Ward Store, Greyhound Bus Depots, LDS Church Parking Garage, ZCMI Parking Structure, Special Events (Huntsman Center) and Physical Education Complex at the "U", many project during the war years for the U.S. Military in and around Salt Lake, Salt Lake City Waste Water Treatment Plant in Rose Park, Bank of Idaho Building in Boise, Many Sears-Roebuck Projects, Physical Science Building at San Jose State Univ., Washoe Medical Center in Reno, St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Carson-Tahoe Hospital, Stanford University Basketball Arena, Stanford University High-rise Housing, Expansion of the Hotel Utah, The Los Angeles Temple, The Washington D.C. Temple, and The Oakland Temple to name just a few.
Dad was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the Bonneville Ward Bishopric for seven years and as Bishop for seven, as President of the Eastern State Mission for four years, as a Regional Representative, as a member of the Church Missionary Committee, as a Director of Temple Square, as a Sealer in the Salt Lake Temple and lastly as a faithful Home Teacher. Dad served a two year term in the Utah Legislature.
He served as member of the Board of Directors of the following: Utah Power and Light Company (31 years), Utah Portland Cement Company and the San Francisco Branch of the Federal Reserve. He also served as the President of the Utah Associated General Contractors and two terms as President of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce. Dad belonged to the Alta Club, the Salt Lake Country Club, the Rotary Club of Salt Lake, and Bonneville Knife and Fork Club, where he was a past president.
Dad loved to fish and enjoyed many hours on Hebgen Lake near West Yellowstone. He loved seeing his grandchildren and great-grandchildren catch browns, cutthroats and rainbows.
He was an avid golfer and outlived all but one of his golfing buddies. Dad's posterity includes nine grand children and 18 great-grand children.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 in the Ensign Second Ward Chapel (Ensign Stake Center), 135 North "A" Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Friends and family may visit from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City. Family members may gather at 10:00 a.m. prior to the services in the Ward Building.
Interment will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News from May 31 to June 2, 2009.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
