Mildred Ann Jacobus

November 2, 1942 - October 19, 2020

Mildred Ann Jacobus, 77, passed away October 19, 2020.  She was born November 2, 1942 in Newark, New Jersey to Mildred (Green) Foster and the late Herbert Foster.  Mildred graduated high school from Westfield, New Jersey in 1960.  She worked and retired from the federal government as an administrator at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. She often represented NIH at the yearly White House Corespondents Dinners.  Mildred came to Sarasota in 2004 from Maryland.  She was a Presbyterian and loved working on her cross stitching and watching Jeopardy.  She enjoyed going on cruises and loved traveling through Europe.  Mildred would do New York Times crossword puzzles with so much confidence in her answers, she would do them in INK! In addition to her mother, others left to cherish her memory are her sons, Jonathan Jacobus (Angela) of New Carlisle, Ohio and Chris Jacobus (Christy Cwynar) of Warren, New Jersey and; sisters, Karen Pallito (Louis) of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and Robin Schloesser (Valle) of Chester, New Jersey; grandchildren, Sarah, Robert, David, Jacob and Alexis; great-grandchildren Nathaniel, Kendall, James, Robert, Landin and Jocelyn.  There will be a Celebration of Life service at Camelot East.  Day and time will be announced.  Mildred beat breast cancer in 2002.  She volunteered and devoted much of her time to helping others going through what she did.  In light of this, memorial contributions in Mildred’s honor may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.   Memories and condolences may be left online at www.MFHcares.com.