Lasting Memories

Eleanor Ruth Jacobson
Sept. 11, 1934-April 24, 2025
Pleasanton, California

Eleanor “Ellie” Ruth Jacobson — cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend — passed away peacefully on April 24, 2025, at the age of 90. Her beloved husband of 69 years, Roy Jacobson, and her adoring cat, Baby, were by her side.

Eleanor was born on September 11, 1934, at Boston Lying-Inn Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, to Mattias Algot Sundberg and Ruth (Nyström) Sundberg.

She spent her early years in Dedham, Massachusetts, alongside her parents and three older brothers — Herbert, Robert, and Edgar. Eleanor graduated from Dedham High School in 1952 and later from the Chandler School in Boston in 1954.

In 1954, Eleanor met the love of her life, Roy Jacobson, at a dance hall in Mansfield, Massachusetts. They were married two years later on January 7, 1956, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Norwood, Massachusetts. Together, they built a wonderful life and raised three beautiful children: Laurie, Linda, and Scott.

Eleanor’s life was a beautiful journey, marked by grace, kindness, and the quiet strength of a woman who lived fully and loved deeply. Her greatest joys were her family, her animals, traveling, gardening, and dancing. Eleanor and Roy spent many happy hours dancing to Hambo music and polka songs, a passion they shared throughout their life together. They joined a Swedish folk dancing group in Quincy, Massachusetts. They would go every Saturday night to dance to Swedish folk music. They had many friends there and always had a wonderful time. She also enjoyed candlepin bowling and was on a league for several years. Eleanor and Roy shared countless adventures together, traveling to Alaska, Australia, Sweden, Aruba, Bermuda, Mexico, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Japan, the South Pacific, and Canada.

Eleanor and Roy made homes across Massachusetts, Nevada, Hawaii, and California. Eleanor especially cherished her time living in Hawaii, close to her brother Edgar, and later found great joy in the beautiful mountain views of Nevada.

Eleanor’s legacy of love, warmth, and strength lives on in all who knew her.

Eleanor is survived by her husband of 69 years Roy Jacobson, their children Laurie, Linda and her husband Steven, Scott and his wife Sandra, grandchildren Julie, Susan, Stacey, Dan, Alexander, Matthew and Jillian, and great-grandchildren Avery, Jack, Miles, Isla, Parker and William.