EILEEN JACOBSON

EILEEN MARION JACOBSON  
Eileen Marion Jacobson passed away peacefully on November 12, 2020, at Walter Reed Medical Center after being hospitalized following a long illness. She was 90. She was born in New York City and grew up in Woodmere, Long Island, and the City. Her father was a businessman and her mother was a homemaker. She graduated with a degree in radio and TV from the University of Miami, finishing first in her class. There, she met her future husband, Raymond Jacobson, who was then a law student. They dated for two years, and after she pinned his Army 2nd Lieutenant's bars on him, he left for two years service during the Korean War. Following his discharge, they moved to Washington, where they were married in 1955. In Washington, she worked in the communications office of the Democratic National Committee, at an advertising agency, and in the promotion department of the Washington Post. She was the first woman to regularly attend the newspaper's daily meetings, led by editors J.R. Wiggins and Alfred Friendly. There, she gained information for advance promotions of articles by Post writers. When Raymond was promoted to General at the Pentagon, Eileen once again pinned him with his star. But Raymond said that if he was going to be wearing a gold star, then she should wear a specially designed necklace with a gold star and a diamond to recognize her support for his years of military service. She wore it for most of the rest of her life. Eileen had always been artistic and would travel widely to obtain beads and other pieces made of glass to create one-of-a-kind necklaces that were sold in high-end boutiques, including at the Corning Glass Museum in Corning, NY. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, their son Louis A. Jacobson; their daughter-in-law Elisabeth Layton, and their grandchildren Cynthia and Zachary. During her long illness she was comforted by the loving care of Lurene Whyte and Ruby Salgro. The funeral was privately held with immediate family.www.sagelbloomfield.com