Search by Name

Add a Memory

Send Flowers

Make a Donation

Share Obituary

Janice Parsons Obituary

Janice PARSONS OCTOBER 21, 1942 - APRIL 7, 2004 Our Nana, Mom, Sweetie, Honey and Dolly 1990 Washington State Insurance Women's Rookie of the Year and President Elect Janice is survived by her husband of almost 42 years, Tom; son Toby and his wife Dawn, their sons Powell, Blake and Bennett; daughter Sarah St. Germain and her husband Troy and their sons Azim and Curtis. She is also survived by her father Harry W. (Vicki) Jacobsen; brother Peter (Deanna) Jacobsen and their children Ryan and Ashley; sister Nancy (Karl) Bartholomy and their sons Bret and Jacob; sister Peggy (Bob) Wynne and their children Morgan and Taylor. She was predeceased by her mother Annice H. Powell Jacobsen. Janice dedicated her life to instilling the best parts of her personality (moral values, dignity, honor, integrity, curiosity, fun and life with a flair) in her family. She also loved her volunteer time with Meals on Wheels and the Chicken Soup Brigade. Janice made strong friendships with all she met, especially through Water Walking and will be missed beyond comprehension by each of them and her family. Donations may be made in her name to Meals on Wheels-Vashon-Maury Senior Center, P.O. Box 848, Vashon, WA. 98070 or to the Lifelong Aids Alliance, Chicken Soup Brigade, 1002 E. Seneca, Seattle, WA. 98122. All her friends are invited to a Memorial Lunch and Service which will be held at the Burton Lodge, Camp Burton on Vashon Island, on Monday, April 19 at 11:00 a.m.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Seattle Times on Apr. 15, 2004.

Memories and Condolences
for Janice Parsons

Sponsored by Her loving family.

22 Entries

Scott Parsons

May 23, 2018

Dear Aunt Jan,

I hope you know you were always my favorite aunt..please don't tell the others! It took my to long to discover that you had passed away. You were always so kind to me: offering encouragement, putting up with my hyperactivity with unending patience and understanding.

Please know that I will always love you and cherish the memories that I was privileged enough to share of you! God speed to you special lady.

Love, Scott

Tom Parsons

January 21, 2006

My Nana....after loving you so very much all our time together I never really believed I could love another woman. We grew up together, had our children together and lived our wonderful lives together. Remember how we talked of having charmed lives? And then I lost you...a loss which burned to my core. Therapy taught me that my physical life with you had ended, that all that remained were memories and our children and their children.

I have been so lonely since I lost you...our children and our boys have made such a difference for me. But, now, I have met a woman who loves me and I love her. I had hoped to meet someone just like you but that was impossible. She is wonderful to me, loves my heart and mind and I love her and being with her.

Nana, you were my first and only love for 45 years and I will never let our lives together be forgotten. I have to move on with what is left of my life on earth now. Please be happy for me. I will cherish my memory of us together as long as I live. You will always be my first love, Nana.

Love, Papa

Tom Parsons

October 23, 2005

My Janice...it has been 18 months and I just made it through your 63rd birthday. This one was harder on me than your last one. I don't have any relationships going as I miss you too much still. You spoiled me for anyone else, I think. I get to watch Powell, Blake and Bennett this week..I enjoy being with them so much...I know how much you loved them too which makes it even better. It's hard for me to accept what has happened to us as being natural...our lives were so wonderful together that being apart isn't right. I can't believe our lives together have ended and that I will be joining you before too many more years pass, that our time on this earth is just about done...what a strange thought.

I still say "we" all the time...guess that will never end, will it? Your dad died on September 19 but I imagine you know that. I hope you can see him.

I still miss holding you when going asleep.

You are my love forever, Janice.

Love Tom.

Tom Parsons

September 3, 2005

My darling Nana....it has been so long since you left me...I had a bench installed at the Senior Center in your memory and we will dedicate it next Sunday. Remember how I worried about our leaving nothing behind for people to be reminded that we existed? I went to see it today and it is lovely..I had them carve "...maybe she is a butterfly..." on it, from Jeannine Nelson's poem she wrote about you.

I'm having lots of flashbacks of our 45 years together, Nana...when Toby was born, when he first walked in Portland, how happy we were to finish our family with a baby girl...I'm just not able to really believe you and I no longer exist together...we have such a history with each other and we were so happy. I found our annual from our Junior year in high school. It was just three months after we started going steady...you wrote two lovely pages in mine and when reading it, rushes of our life together overwhelm me..remember how happy we were for all those years together? Why couldn't it continue? I have met a few ladies but none come close to equaling you and what we had together, Nana...One is very nice but there is no chemistry....one has some chemistry but I can't imagine living with her....

Your friends that I talk with all remember you as if it were yesterday and they miss you...if you are aware of this/me, please know that I love you very dearly and am so glad I had you for my wife and lover. You are mine forever, Nana.

Your lover Tom.

Tom Parsons

April 11, 2005

My darling Baby Girl...it's now been a year and four days since you died. I honestly can't believe my life has gone on without you. I remember how wonderful our lives were together, how I loved being with you. I miss you so very much, Jannie. It seemed like we would go on forever...our lives were almost enchanted until you left us.

I think of you every day and wonder how you are....I am in a hospice group to help me understand that you are now a memory and we are no longer a couple...we used to be but we are no more. I just don't see how that can be after so many years together. I am lonely though and must move forward. I hope you can understand.

I have been helping Nancy with her house stuff since Karl moved back to Alaska...she appreciates my help and I enjoy her company...you two are so much alike that it is scary...She still admires you so very much and doesn't mind if I talk about you nonstop. We try to eat out and go to movies if possible. We both need the entry into life again. She has pushed me to walk Buddy every night which helps us both.

I want to enjoy what time I may have left and more than anything, I want to live to least see Powell marry and maybe make me a great-grandfather...I had always assumed you and I might live that long to enjoy it together but I was wrong.

If I'm really lucky, I'll get to see Blake's marriage and maybe Bennett's. Nothing on this earth could make me more proud. Then, maybe I'd be ready to join you.

Nancy and I are going to see Pat in the Colorado mountains in early October....that should be fun.

Remember our talks about taking the kids to England? We're going July 23 for a four-night narrow barge trip and eight nights in London...with one full day in Paris via the Chunnel Train....remember? Oh, my memories of us and England.......

You are my heart, Janice Marie, and I shall love you for all time. Please understand if I can find a woman who will at least be my companion to help end the loneliness. I will never replace you but I must have a friend to talk with, to share life with, to go to movies, to try restaurants, to travel with and all the things close friends do for each other.

You are mine forever, Janice.

Love, Tom (Papa)

Tom Parsons

March 7, 2005

My little darling...you left us 11 months ago today. When I see your picture I can't believe it has been so long. Over 330 nights without you. I'm still so very lonely for you. I hope your heaven is as wonderful as we hoped it would be for you. I had a great trip to NYC with Dawn, Toby and our boys..it brought back memories of our times there together. We saw the Gates, and I told Carol about them when we got back. She, Kit and Bev all think of you often.

I love you, Nana.

Love, Papa.

Tom Parsons

December 29, 2004

My darling girl....Christmas is over...my first without you in over 42 years. I miss all your decorations but couldn't put them up. Thank God for Dawn, Toby and our boys...the boys came to stay Christmas night and I loved it. I had two weeks vacation left so took 3 days of it...not sure why, as I'm doing nothing without you here.

I hope you are aware of us here as I think of you all the time. I just don't know how people get through the death of a spouse after having such a wonderful marriage and always being together. I really hope you don't feel lonliness now...

Janice, you were and always will be the true love of my life.

Love Papa

Tom Parsons

November 28, 2004

My Dolly...we had Thanksgiving here Thursday...it was so good to have family around me. I missed you terribly but know you were watching over us. I'm not anxious to put up a tree for Xmas without you..you always decorated it so well...maybe I'll do a tiny tree on the table.

I still find it so hard to accept that I'll not see you again in this life...looking at pictures of us living our lives and then 'poof' and you're gone and it has ended. I will love you forever, Janice Marie, my baby.

Love Tom.

Tom Parsons

November 9, 2004

My little Janice...it's been over seven months now and tomorrow is our 42nd anniversary. Remember Reverend Bynum in Chesterfield? We made such a wonderful life together all those years. Thank you for your love. I miss you so very much. I hope you're looking down on me because I think of you every minute.

I love you, my Darling Janice.

Your lover Tom.

Tom Parsons

October 20, 2004

My darling Janice...it has been over six months since you left me....the time has flown by so quickly. Tomorrow is your 62nd birthday. I will miss you tremendously, my Dolly, but I know you are looking down on your family...I think of you all the time, Baby Girl.

Buddy and I moved to our new house and he likes it. Me too. Close to Toby and Dawn and our boys and close to work for me.

My Janice, be with me always. I love you completely.

Love, your Tom.

Tom Parsons

August 22, 2004

My Darling Janice...it has now been over four months since I lost you...I keep looking for a sign that you are watching over me but I'm not seeing them yet..We love each other so very much that I know you're watching!! You are still my darling and I will love you forever, Janice. Thank you for being my lover for all these years.

Love, Your Tom.

Joane Lombardi

June 24, 2004

Hi Janice,

I really miss you and am so sorry we never got the chance do do all the things together we had planned. You are always such a joy to be around (like flowers on a sunny day). I have planted a cosmopolitan rhododendron for you. I can see it from the den,the room we spend most of our time in. It is all the warm colors of red to pink that you like.

I know I will never forget you. You are a wonderful friend and God willing, we'll meet again.

I Love You,

Joane

Bobbie Batey

June 20, 2004

Dear Janice,

I'm glad we managed to reconnect after so many years. And the really surprising thing was how little impact those intervening years had. When I first saw you walking off the Vashon Ferry, it was just like being back in junior high. I recognized you immediately as my good friend.

We really did have some good times together, didn't we? The many sleepovers come to mind, as does our Hawaiian party. Remember when we were counselors for the YWCA day camp? And how hard everyone worked selling tickets so I could be Maid of Cotton?

I always liked spending time at your house; I remember one time we slept (very little sleeping, actually) in your backyard and managed to be very frightened by every rustle of the bushes and every unexplained noise we heard.

I also have more recent fond memories: meeting for coffee at Tully's; having lunch at my house after stopping at WalMart for an iron because you and Tom were going to London for a few days, and having pressed clothing is still important to us; meeting you and Tom for dinner at Anthony's; our trip to the Oregon coast with Kathy and Merrily; and our last outing to the Tacoma Art Museum, including a ride on Sounder.

I think of you often, Janice, and hope you are at peace.

With love, your friend,

Bobbie

Beth Dilling

June 15, 2004

Dear Janice,

I lost Popo nearly a month ago, not long after you died. We scattered her ashes last weekend in Puget Sound. It stirred up all the loss and reminded me of you. I've been making my one-eyed toast the last few days as a small comfort. You used to make that for Sarah and I. I remember raiding the panty at the Sandhurst house for the "I-dare-you-to-try-this" food game. The chocolate syrup was always a favorite to add with other unlikely ingredients. I'm sure we made a mess out of your kitchen, but I don't remember you ever getting mad at us! Thank you for tucking me in all of those nights in the four-poster bed. I was very lucky to have you as a surrogate mom during the week and Popo on the weekends. Now you are both gone and it's making me feel very grown up. I guess it was inevitable. I miss you. Love, Beth

Tom Parsons

June 8, 2004

My darling girl...now two months have passed...all so very quickly. I never thought I could exist for two months without you, but my wonderful memories seem to help me limp along. I think of you every hour of every day, Janice and wish you were here with me. You truly made my life worthwhile. I miss you fiercely.

Your Papa Tom.

Ginny Dignoti

May 29, 2004

Dear Janice,

I'm so glad we became friends so many years ago. I always held you and Tom in such high regard. You loved all animals as much as me and were even willing to take Misty when my Tom at first thought she was too much. You were the ONLY person I would have trusted her with and was more than willing to drive her out to you. Thank you for being willing to take her and thank you more for letting me become your friend.

I keep the lovely angel you gave me on my window sill and the picture Tom sent me on my desk. I look at them everyday and my heart hurts for your family and for me.

You will always be missed. I look forward to seeing you on the other side.

Hugs,

Ginny

Tom Parsons

May 26, 2004

Hi, Nana...Buddy and I are still here...your friends are still sending me cards, emails and phone calls. You are the most amazing girl...I miss you and need you. I hope you are watching us all and are happy. We watched the tape of old home movies a week ago and I cried some more. I'm sorry you left us but I'm glad you are not suffering. I will love you for eternity, Janice.

Love Papa

Tom Parsons

May 14, 2004

Nana, I dreamed about you three nights ago...thank you so much!!

You have left such a HUGE hole in my life, Janice....I think of you constantly and miss you. Please look down on us and know we are thinking of you and what a huge effect you have had on so many lives.

I love you, Dolly.

Love Papa

Tom Parsons

May 7, 2004

My little Dolly....it has been a month now since we parted. It has been so lonely without you to touch, to hold, to kiss and to laugh with me. You are always on my mind and I wonder how you are, with all your friends and our puppies and kitties. Thank you for the 15,126 wonderful nights we had together..they were my heaven on earth. I love you, My Janny.

Your lover Papa Tom.

Dawn Parsons

May 5, 2004

Nana,

It has been 4 weeks today that we lost you. You are constantly in my thoughts. I miss our phone calls, your smile, and all the love you showered on us everyday. I know you are watching over us, and smiling down on the boys. I love you and will miss you always.

XOXO

Dawn

Marsele Burns

April 17, 2004

Janice, when our children played soccer, you were the one at the sidelines getting muddy and yelling your heart out. I sat in the car at the end zone honking my horn to celebrate.

I cannot thank you enough for the dozens of weekends and overnights you supervised. My family is blessed to have known you and your mother, Annice. Your laughter, attitude and spirit will remain in our memories.

Thank you for being the person we all wish to be -- a truly blessed woman, wife, mother and friend. You passed on a little of your talent to all of us. Hug Anna, Cleo, Mellie, Tiger, PapaKitty and BabyKitty for me.

You will be missed but never forgotten -- your love, kindness and acceptance was contagious.

Keep an eye on that clan of yours and always wear purple.

Love, Marsele