Jacqueline "Jackie" Anita Larson

Jackie Larson If you knew Jackie, you knew she was always moving. Whether it was her exercise classes at Alt12, or her lifelong daily walks, which changed from outdoor hikes to outdoor constitutionals, to mall walks, to circles around the house, she embraced activity. She walked small laps around her space up until the final week of her life. She truly embraced her active and health-focused lifestyle when she met and married Glenn Larson, the love of her life, in 1970. Together they undertook a simple, self-sufficient life. They built their own home, gardened, and lived in a remote location in the Blue Mountains of Oregon, which - surprise, surprise - could only be reached by hiking to it. Jackie also deeply valued her spiritual life and spiritual growth, and being part of a supportive and helpful community. After Glenn's passing, she served at community service centers in both College Place and Wenatchee, where one of her favorite activities was artfully displaying the donated items for the attached thrift shops. Her love of artistic pursuits also included an interest in painting and she enjoyed taking watercolor classes over the years. Several decades after Glenn's passing, at the age of 87, she was pleased to find love again when she married Dr. Richard Litke. They undertook the research and compiling of a Greek language encyclopedia - Richard providing the knowledge, Jackie providing the organization, typing, and support needed for such an undertaking. Jackie kept her mind active as well. The last several years of her life brought a thirst for knowledge and information on history, world events, and science. As her walks and time became more focused on indoor life, she added in audiobooks and documentaries as a daily learning exercise, with her favorites being biographies and nature programs. She would often share a newly learned fact with you as she walked by during one of her laps. Never seen without her lipstick, a stylish outfit, and her hair neatly coifed - often topped with a jaunty cap - Jackie was also a matter-of-fact and private person. And it is because of these things we may never know all the lives she touched along the way. Here are some of the lives we know she mattered in: She was preceded in death by her husbands Glenn and Richard and her daughter Denise Kerr. She is survived by her loving family: daughter Diana Hernandez and son-in-law Bernie Kopfer, six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Jacqueline "Jackie" Anita Larson

December 31, 1922 - July 19, 2022