Grace J Lorenz's Obituary
Grace J.Lorenz, 97, of Las Palmas in Palm Coast, Florida, died peacefully on Monday, August
22, 2022 at Stuart F. Meyer Hospice House of Advent Health, Palm Coast.
Mrs. Lorenz was born Grace Ballou Colpitts on December 13, 1924, in Teaneck, NJ, to Grace
Abercrombie and Charles Bradley Colpitts. She was educated in Teaneck Public Schools. She
earned her R.N. from Englewood Hospital School of Nursing. She served as a Nurse Cadet
during World War II, a school nurse, and Assistant Head Nurse at Bergen Pines Hospital in
Paramus, NJ. She was Past Matron of Monarch Chapter O.E.S. in Teaneck. She was a
member of Prince of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Old Tappan,NJ.
Mrs. Lorenz had resided in Fair Lawn, NJ and River Vale, NJ, prior to moving to Palm Coast
over 40 years ago. She started a blood pressure clinic and glaucoma clinic in Palm Coast, and
was a volunteer for the Florida Hospital Flagler Auxiliary for over 25 years. She was also an
active volunteer in the food pantry, especially in preparing holiday food baskets. Grace was a
member of St. Mark by-the-Sea Lutheran Church in Palm Coast and later Christ Lutheran
Church in Bunnell. She was also involved in Church Women United.
Grace met the love of her life, Frederick William (Bill) Jacoby, during World War II. They were
married in 1948 and had two daughters, Joan and Judith. She was widowed in 1969, and later
married Theodore H. (Ted) Lorenz of Oakland, NJ in 1972.
Mrs. Lorenz is predeceased by her parents, Charles and Grace Colpitts; her husbands, Bill
Jacoby and Ted Lorenz; a brother, Walter Colpitts; and sisters, Mary Colpitts and Elizabeth
Neimeyer.
She is survived by two daughters: Joan J. Carlson and her husband, Robert J., of St. Augustine,
and Judith E. Jacoby of Palm Coast; three grandchildren: Jennifer Lynn Morneau and her
husband, Scott R., of Auburn, Maine, Katherine Grace Savelyev and her husband, Simon P., of
Sudbury, MA, and David R. Carlson of Woonsocket, RI; two granddaughters: Violet May
Savelyev and Anna Addison Morneau; her brother, Robert H. Colpitts of St. Augustine; four
nieces: Susan McBride, Patricia Rogge, Carole Andrews and Robyn Greco; and her very special and loving caregiver, Letizia R. Comin of Palm Coast.
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