Obituary: Cheryl Jean Adkison

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Cheryl Jean Adkison

Bonners Ferry, Idaho

July 19, 1944 – Nov. 26, 2016

Cheryl Jean Adkison, 72, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at the Life Care Center in Sandpoint, Idaho. Cherry was born in Spokane, Wash., on July 19, 1944 to Thomas and Bonnie Adkison. After graduating from Lewis and Clark High School, Cherry spent time traveling in Europe and later pursued a degree in the medical field. Upon graduating, she took a job at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Her love for the Pacific Northwest soon called her back and Seattle became home.

It was there that she met Larry “Jake” Jacobson, husband of 17 years, and father of her two children, Trillany and Brodie. They settled in Port Townsend, Wash. to raise their family. Cherry was an active member of the Port Townsend Seventh Day Adventist Church and cultivated many wonderful friendships in the community. She carried that tradition with her when she moved to Bonners Ferry, Idaho in 1998. 

Cherry is survived by her son Brodie Jacobson of Sandpoint, Idaho; her daughter Trillany (Marty James) Solomon, of Tampa, Florida; her two granddaughters, Elise and Adrienne Gammage of Tampa, Florida; her brother Drexel Reed Adkison of Vashon Island, Wash.; and her two sisters, Sarah Lynn Adkison of Eugene, Oregon and Kristen Hattie Goodman of Sandpoint, Idaho. She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Craig Loyal Adkison. 

A celebration of life gathering for family and friends will be held in Port Townsend, Wash. near her birthday in July, 2017. Please visit Cherry’s online memorial at www.lakeviewfuneral.com and sign her guest book.