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Molly Elaine Rodway, 1942-2021

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Molly Elaine Rodway (née Fleetwood) passed away peacefully, January 19th 2021 at 4:45pm, surrounded in love. Her two children, Shawn and Sarah Jurgensen were present. We were with her for her last 24 hours, holding hands, embracing, sharing stories and blessings and prayers, and listening to music while she so gently faded.  Please email MollyERodway@gmail.com for an invitation to an online Celebration of Life in February and for info about a memorial service at Wilshire Park in the spring, and for donation options in the coming weeks. We would love to hear your stories and experiences, and anything you would like to share with us about your memories of our beloved Molly.   Thank you. We are all made of stars. ❤                                       ~Sarah sarahjurgensen@gmail.com 503-720-5486

In Memory of Molly Elaine Rodway (née Fleetwood) 1942-2021

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Molly was an accomplished pianist, a talented singer, and also played the flute. She sang in church choirs for as long as I can remember. Church was a huge part of her life, and her faith was extremely strong. I was baptized Lutheran, but we also attended Presbyterian, Methodist, and non-Denominational churches over the years, as well as visiting the Grotto Mass on occasion.  She loved to sing, play piano, and decorate for church holidays and events, often staying up for hours sewing Advent or Easter banners or creating elaborate oversized floral arrangements for the chancel and sanctuary.   Mom also was a bit of a health nut and cooked most of our meals from scratch, as well as baking and gardening beautiful vegetables, fruit, trees, and flowers.  Molly loved all creatures great and small, and had many many animals over the years, all of them loved to the fullest. Our house growing up always had multiple cats and dogs, and sometimes other small animals like iguanas or guinea pigs. We