Okay… I went to the site and found some trouble shooting guides that helped a lot. I was able to upload the theme manually by using FileZilla.
It appears now in my remote site files where it is supposed to be according to the WP Codex instructions. wp-content/themes
But when I follow the “Selecting the Active Theme” instructions, it doesn’t appear. Everything until that point checks out exactly the way the WP instructions indicate. It’s when I go to appearance-themes, it just isn’t there.