Cecile Oralee Jacobs
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Memorial service for Cecile Oralee Jacobs, 69, Lawrence will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. She died January 9, 2017 in Lawrence, Kansas.
She was born on March 28, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Orman and Mildred Cecile (McConnell) Peachey.
She graduated from Shawnee Mission North in 1965. She than graduated from Hays hairdressing school in December 1965. Oralee was a caregiver she was always taking care of other people. She delivered food to many friends. She enjoyed sewing, riding motorcycles and spending time with family and friends.
Survivors include her mother, Mildred McConnell and husband, Marvin, Baldwin City, KS; three sons, Chanse Mortenson and wife, Allison, Louisiana, Linc Mortenson and wife, Kimberly, Baldwin City, KS, Dustin Mortenson and wife, Katie, Baldwin City, KS; sister, Judith Mariani, New Jersey; 3 grandchildren, Jove Mortenson, Hudson Mortenson and Chanse Mortenson.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be sent in her name to LDCHA (Lawrence Douglas Co. Housing Authority) and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Gonna miss ya, OJ!
You were a wonderful friend! Happy for our time together ??
I love you
You’re going to be missed. You were and still are such a great friend….I love you
Good Bye my Friend. I thank you so much for being my shoulder to cry on these last months. I will miss you!!
We will miss you.
So blessed to have known you for as long as I did. I will forever hold the memories we shared, the laughs we had and the friendship we built that was so amazing. You my friend were one of the most amazing individuals I ever met! So thankful for being a part of my life my heart is missing a piece now that you are gone. Love ya lady
You were the kind of Mom that Mothered us when we didn’t even realize that was what you were doing…. You understood us always and never critiqued our character…..yelled at us ALL, but always made us feel like being “US” was OK! You raised some of the folks I will call my best friends for life! Thanks for the memories! Fly with the angels….the Hells Angels more than likely! Xoxo!
A very sweet kind beautiful lady that will missed, thoughts and prayers
Steve and Colleen Butell
4 yrs of greatest ..friendship..spread your wings and fly.RIP.til we see each other again.love you.and miss you
Oralee, you know I will miss you old friend, and you better be waiting for me on the other side when I get there. The Love of God Enfolds you now.
Mom , she really knew how to throw that word around ,
” by golly, I’m your mom and I said so , that’s why ” or ” haven’t you learned yet boy , I have eyes in the back of my head because I’m mom ! ” or “son, I luv you with all my heart, I always have and I always will , because I’m your mom “.
She treated everyone like she was their mom and was luved for it. She called me by many names, stinker , brat , handsome ,but mom was a joker too ,because my favorite and most luving name she called Me was asshole, if you knew her, you knew she said it with luv.
At times mom struggled with what life was throwing at her , working 3 jobs , doing laundry for ” three little monkeys ” as she put it , or teaching us kids that quitting wasn’t an option. Mom lived with us , through us , and for us ( friends , family and her beloved jigs alike).
So She wanted to leave us with something much better than words. I believe mom felt a lot of pride in the fact that she raised us well and she saw a part of herself in each of us.
Mom always luved my poetry and she has yet again inspired me.
Titled ” Moms final lesson ”
Mom’s final lesson is that luv doesn’t die , you can look for her in the people she’s known or the people she’s helped in some special way and she will live on in our hearts and minds.
By letting our luv reach out to our friends and family , by embracing them and living in their luv , luv does not die , people do, so when all that’s left of me is luv , pass on my final lesson and give me away as best as you can.
Mom I take you with me ,with no regrets , and nothing but luv.
I have never met you.. but feel compelled to leave this message
for you. I know your son Linc and WOW what a great job you did. He is such an amazing man. I just thought you should know that.
I hope this brings you and all of your family comfort in your passing. Rest in peace.
I waited to write this because I don’t know how to say good bye to you. We were kids together in the same weird family. You were my favorite cousin and ended up being my last surviving cousin. We had plans you and I. You were going to help me design my house in Texas. I was moving closer so we could see each other. We were coming out for your birthday. We were getting older together. You were my favorite FB buddy. I still look for your posts everyday. You will never know how much you meant to me. You and I called each other sister because that is how we felt. The shock of your leaving is still so raw, my heart is broken and I am not sure what to do.
I know you are with your Dad, and my parents now. You always wished that mom and dad could have adopted you after your dad’s death they wanted that too. I want you to know (again) my mother and father loved you dearly. You were part of our family. Give them all a kiss from me. Lee I loved you so much and I will miss you for the rest of my life.
Love and kisses your cousin, your sister,
Robin
Lee
How lucky are we to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to….we will miss you Oralee….love always
Our condolences to our family and our extended family.
This lady leaves a lovely legacy and people very dear to our hearts.
Our Love and Our Blessings, The Bensons (Aunt Vicki, Uncle Jay, Quinn & Lara)
Oralee is one of my dearest friends. She always said she was just like me when she was younger, and that we were sisters. I always got comfort in the thought that if I turn out like Oralee, then I would be OK, because she really has her shit together for everything she had been through. She gave me parenting advice and support all the time. I am so sorry I didn’t make the trip up to see you as planned, Oralee. But I know you are happier now because you are with your true love. But Oralee, I am going to miss you like crazy. My life will never be the same without you to share it with.
My sincerest condolences to Chance, Linc and Dustin. I just found out today about your mother and I’m in shock! She was a wonderful friend to me and I will never forget her. Oralee…we never had that lunch.