Katherine “Kate” Camille Jacobson Akre died on Sept. 13, 2014, in her home in Portland, Ore. She was born Aug. 18, 1938 in Faribault, Minn.

She graduated from Kenyon High School and from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis with a degree in nursing. She spent her childhood on a farm near Dennison, Minn., and went on to raise her family in several towns in Wyoming and Montana. Her career took her to Saudi Arabia and back to Minneapolis. She finished her nursing career in Portland, where she retired.

She lived her passions, and inspired her children and everyone around her with her drive, commitment, and limitless energy.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Milton and Amy Jacobson, and the children’s father, John Akre ’59. She is survived by her five children, John M. and wife Beth Peloff, Jennie Rasmussen and husband Ed, Dan, Kaia Hillegass and husband Kevin, and Kirsten Akre and husband Anthony Star; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; her brother, Allen Jacobson and wife Lila; sisters, Jane Jacobson Roberts ’65, Mary Brown, and Lois Klein and husband Chris; nephews and nieces; and many friends.