MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: May 7, 2021 Gretchen Jolly On Thursday April 22, Gretchen S. Jolly, loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away at her home in Shoreline, WA at the age of 83. She was born October 7, 1937, in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Ford and Chata (Elsa Osborne) Smith. She spent her early years in Spokane until the family moved to Seattle where the family eventually settled on Capitol Hill. She was a 1956 graduate of Garfield High School and attended Washington State University, where she was a member of Alpha Zeta. Gretchen married Pierre Jolly on September 19, 1959, at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. Following the birth of their two children, Geoffrey and Tracy, she began a lifelong commitment to service and helping others. She was active in supporting Seattle Children’s Hospital through fundraisers, Junior League of Seattle at the Thrift Store, Wise Penny, and Guatemala Friendship School. Always helping her children with sports and social activities such as Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts, gymnastics, football, soccer and swim team. Later in life, she became a member of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Education Organization), where she worked both locally and at the state level to support fundraising for women in education. She was an active and respected member, providing leadership within the organization at several diverse levels for close to two decades. She will be missed by her sisterhood at P.E.O.