Nola Jean Jacobson

Seating will begin at 1:30 with service at 2:00PM, Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Broadway Christian Church, 2601 W Broadway, Columbia, MO. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. In keeping with the guidelines put forth by the Boone County Heath Director all guests are required to wear a mask, to keep social distancing (six feet apart), cough into your sleeve and wash and sanitize your hands often. Friends are invited to join a virtual service via Facebook live, please visit www.memorialfuneralhomecolumbia.com and select the view livestream tab under services at the time of the service. If you are unable to view the service live, it will be available for replay on the Memorial Funeral Home, Crematory & Memorial Park Cemetery/Columbia Facebook page after the service ends.

Nola was born December 15, 1939, the youngest daughter of Lyle and Polly Smithson. Nola graduated from Saydel High School in Des Moines, IA in 1958 where she was the Homecoming Queen. Her beauty never faded. After high school, Nola went on to work at the Des Moines Credit Bureau. She married her husband Charles (Jake) Jacobson on August 8, 1959. Together they had 3 daughters: Julie, Jackie, and Jill. In 1979 Nola and Jake moved to Columbia Missouri where Jake took a coaching position at the University of Missouri. Nola worked many jobs after moving to Columbia, including working at Sheep Breeder Magazine. However, Nola soon found a way to make her “mad money” doing what she loved, sewing. She stitched and altered many items of clothing, including countless leotards and warm-ups for the Mizzou gymnastics team. She saved many proms and weddings with her talents. And she stitched together countless memories with her quilting skills as well. She made chair cushions for the Columbia Country Club that earned her the use of a free golf cart at the club. Nola often said that joining the club was the best thing she and Jake ever did after moving to Columbia. Jake and Nola made countless friends and enjoyed many rounds of golf and fellowship at the Club.

Throughout Nola’s life, she kept her sense of humor, even during her final days battling dementia. She brought joy and laughter to all she interacted with. Nola was preceeded in death by her parents, Lyle and Polly Smithson, and her sister, Sandra Olson.

Survivors include her loving husband of over 61 years, Jake Jacobson; 3 daughters, Julie Sparks (Eades)/Dale Sparks, Jackie Jacobson/Carl Slate, and Jill Marron (Clauss)/Tim Marron; brother, Leland Smithson; and 4 grandchildren, Kyle Eades/Lindsay Eades, Katelyn Eades, Cayla Clauss, and Courtney Clauss.

In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to the Alzheimer’s Association 2609 E Broadway #119, Columbia, MO 65201 in Nola’s honor.