In Loving Memory of Molly Elaine Rodway (née Fleetwood)

 Molly's obituary went live today, it can be found here:  Molly Elaine (Fleetwood) Rodway obituary    https://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary.aspx?n=molly-elaine-rodway-fleetwood&pid=197680145 In lieu of flowers, we chose local animal shelter Pixie Project for donations in Molly's memory: pixieproject.org/donate   Pixie Project not only shelters all animals regardless of their needs, but also helps underserved communities and low income pet owners care for their pets. Molly loved animals, we think this is a beautiful way to honor her memory. A Memorial dedication/celebration in honor of Molly will take place this coming summer 2021 in Wilshire Park, in Portland - I will update this website with information when we are able to plan and set a date for this event. Hopefully I can find a way to stream some of it online for those who can't attend in person. Check back here for details or email Sarah anytime: serafaery@yahoo.com or mollyerodway@gma...

This is Sarah. I have submitted Molly's obituary to The Oregonian, and will post a link here once it is finalized and published. One thing that I've discovered through this process, as people have slowly begun to reach out and share memories and stories, is how vividly people remember Molly's bright spirit, her wit, vivacity, her smile, and her laughter. Being reminded of her days that were so full of joy, friendship, community activities, and fun, has been really nice.  The last ten years have been very hard in many ways, due to her illness (dementia). But I also had the benefit of repairing our relationship and reconnecting to her in a different way, taking the role of caretaker, and learning to care for one another in a different way. Even in her limitations, Molly always found joy in our visits. She would say consistently, every time I saw her (usually weekly), "It's a beautiful day!" Everything we ate as "wonderful." All of the music we listened...

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

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 ...