Deborah Kay (Flandro) Jacobsen

Mar 21, 1954 - Apr 27, 2024

Deborah Kay (Flandro) Jacobsen, our beautiful wife, mother, and grandmother, entered the arms of her loving Savior on April 27, 2024, in Tooele, Utah, after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She left this mortal existence, surrounded by her cherished loved ones.

Deborah was born on March 21,1954 to Scott Cooper and Emma Jean Flandro, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the first of six children. She graduated from Skyline High School in 1972, and then attended the University of Utah.

On May 9, 1976, Deborah met the love of her life and best friend, Lowell Mark Jacobsen, and after only three weeks of dating they became engaged to be married. They were married for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake City Temple on February 18, 1977. Deb loved her “schnookums” Mark, more than anything else in this life, and was a steadfast and supporting wife, who cherished every minute she got to spend with her husband. She spent as many moments with her best friend as possible and loved being with him more than any other person. Together they shared a fairy-tale like love for 47 years, filled with memories that will be cherished forever. Mark spent the last years of Debbie’s life caring for her and always treated her like his queen. She knew that he loved her more than life itself. He was her knight in shining armor, and she rejoiced and appreciated his love and devotion.

Mark and Debbie have five children: Angela, Audrey, Heather, Nathan, and Emily. While raising her children Debbie was a stay-at-home, mom who also did in home day care, and her exemplary love for children touched countless lives and families outside of her own home. Debbie was known to many in her extended family as “The Mother of All Mothers”. She adored each one of her five children and taught them how to work hard and love with their whole hearts. Her greatest joy in life, next to being a wife, was spending time teaching and nurturing her children.

Her gift of mothering would be something that she cherished, as she taught her daughters to be mothers. She thrived on helping her children raise their children, and was a devoted Grandmother to thirty-two grandchildren, all who loved and adored her. She was known to “kiss the back of the babies’ necks” as each grandchild was welcomed into this earthly life, and we are certain she will continue to send angel kisses to each of them.
After Debbie’s children were old enough, she went to work outside of the home for RC Willey, where she continued to share her light and passion of life, spreading love to all who encountered her. She was known for her punctuality, reliance, friendliness, and exemplary customer service. She loved numbers and the people she worked with.

Debbie was a force of nature and a woman known for her noble strength, quiet and steadfast faith in God and Jesus Christ, and a love for family and country that could not be shaken. She embodied the best of qualities: unconditional love, strength of spirit, unending generosity for others, was hardworking, endlessly compassionate, and persevered with vigor. Debbie loved big, with her whole heart. She enjoyed the simple things in life such as: Springtime, children’s books, honeysuckle & lilacs, ice cream, hummingbirds, small miniature “beenie” items, fireworks and the 4th of July, a clean house, budgeting and couponing, rainbows and rainstorms, campfires and smores, the State Fair, Disney pin trading, a good game of Scrabble or “Dirty Uno”, watching Hallmark shows with her daughters, baseball card trading with her son, arm tickles, and graham crackers dipped in milk. She was known for her love for animals, houseplants, talents of crafting and decorating, home-made cheese soup and bread, tea parties, and “all-nighters” spent watching movies with her family. She was an avid UTE fan even though she married a BYU cougar fan and loved game days and the banter that came from a “house divided”. Debbie loved music and instilled a love for music within each one of her children. She loved listening to Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand, The Carpenter’s, The Letterman, and more. Debbie was a natural born leader, who touched many lives on earth and will continue to work miracles from heaven.

Debbie is survived by her husband Lowell Mark Jacobsen, her children: Angela (Lance) Ferguson, Audrey (Jode) Allen, Heather Jacobsen, Nathan Jacobsen, Emily (Ryan) Clarke, 32 grandchildren, her father Scott C. (Miriam) Flandro, Michael (Kristin) Flandro, and many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her grand-daughter: Akayla Zoe Ferguson, Mother: Emma Jean Flandro, Siblings: Arthur Flandro, Diana Greenfield, and Patty Bernsten.

The family would like to give special thanks to all the nurses and CNA’s at Willow Springs Rocky Mountain Care Center in Tooele, UT (specifically: Bree, Heather, and Andrea) for the amazing love and care that they gave Debbie. She was known by her nurses for her stubborn love and the laughter she brought. She cared for each of them deeply.

Funeral and viewing services will be held at the Greenwood Ward Chapel located at 240 E Greenwood Cir. Midvale, Utah 84047. A viewing will be held Sunday, May 5th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and Monday, May 6th, from 9:30 to 10:30 AM. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 6th, at 11:00 AM. Interment to be at Wasatch Lawn 3401 Highland Drive, Millcreek Utah.