Jean Gerich’s legacy transcends her death in a hit-and-run rampage through a Portland neighborhood
Family thanks all who reached out to help her: “We lost our mom violently, but we also know that a community was traumatized.”
Updated on Feb 02, 2021;
Published on Feb 02, 2021
Jean Gerich, 77, was killed Monday, Jan. 25, after she was hit by an SUV in Southeast Portland, police say. The driver of the SUV went on to hit at least 10 other people, mainly pedestrians.
Jean Gerich wasn’t one to sit home.
Between her passion for hiking in Portland’s wooded parks, her weekly Pilates classes and the water volleyball matches with her team “The Plunkers” at the retirement home, Gerich was usually on the move.