It is with great love and sorrow that we announce the passing of Jeannine Diane Lucas. Jeannine was born in Madison, WI on November 14, 1954 to parents Patricia and Anton Jacobson. She died peacefully at her home in North Seattle on December 27, 2017.
After graduating High School in 1972 in Madison, WI Jeannine traveled to Juneau, Alaska where she became a crew assignment dispatcher for the Alaska Marine Highway System. For years she made sure that the many ships of Alaska’s State Ferries were crewed correctly. It was here that she met her husband Baron Lucas who she married in 1986 and lovingly accompanied for the rest of her life. When they moved to Seattle in 1989 Jeannine earned a degree in Medical Assisting and worked at several health clinics in the Seattle area. Always active with people, Jeannine made friends wherever she went. In 1994 she brought into this world a baby daughter with the name Hope Elizabeth, a name which reflected Jeannine’s positive outlook and spirit. She became a loving and devoted mother with an ever widening circle of friends. Always helpful as a neighbor, she became a reliable support for community projects and could be counted on to help with difficult tasks. She was loved and respected by her neighbors. In recent years she has enjoyed a new relationship with extended family in Costa Rica and becoming an avid birdwatcher and gardener and getting pretty good at speaking Spanish.
She is survived by her loving husband of 31 years, Baron and daughter and light of her life Hope, her sister Julianne (Jacobson) Andrewski and brothers Paul and Peter Jacobson, by nieces and nephews, Jonathan, Natalie, Erica, Tessa, Theodore, and finally by her loving companion dog of 15 years, Alice.
A note from Jeannine’s bulletin board:
Advice from a River;
Slow down and meander,
Go with the flow,
Stay current,
The beauty is in the journey
A gathering and celebration of her life will be held for friends and family in the near future.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to your favorite charity.
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