Robert Stewart Jacques

Beloved son, brother and friend, preceded in death by his parents Robert A. Jacques and Catherine Dolores O’Connell Jacques; and by his sister Margaret Jacques Reynolds.

He is survived by former spouses Katherine Lincoln and Karen Angvik; children Tara and Marc; brothers and sisters Kevin Jacques (Janet), Sara Jacques Bilski (John), Anne Jacques Phelps,
Chris Jacques (Donna), Catherine Jacques Boardman (James), and John Jacques; brother-in-law Michael Reynolds; nephews and nieces Christian, Ben, Cat, Molly (Jay), Elizabeth, Ellen, Isabelle (Natanael), Catherine (Ben), Paulina, Charlie, Kevin, Lauren, Conan (Jane), Jack, Maggie; and great nephews and nieces Simone, James, Alex, Maddox, Julian, Pia, Cole, Jude, Sakura; and loving cousins, many.

Bob was a bright light for decades managing venues in Seattle’s burgeoning golden age in the restaurant and hospitality scene. If you were there, you knew Bob. But his greatest work was in walking with and guiding many to sobriety, growing Washington’s Oxford House movement, and serving on Pierce County’s Behavioral Health Advisory Board. For all, he was a masterful raconteur, gifted polymath, and exceptional humorist – his loving devotion, wise counsel, and fun-filled wit and laughter made a tremendous difference in many people’s lives. He will be missed in more ways than we can ever recount.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Tacoma at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Inurnment at Calvary Cemetery.