Monday, May 07, 2007
Woman died on road she wanted to improve - Seattle P-I
Sultan resident Genevieve Jelinek enjoyed buying cinnamon buns for the city's police officers, cheering the high school soccer team and leading civic fundraising efforts.
She also wanted to make U.S. Route 2 -- the main highway through her Snohomish County city -- safer by widening a section and installing a divider to prevent collisions.
Residents in this city of about 4,800 people are now mourning her loss after she died Wednesday in a head-on automobile accident on that same highway.
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"She lived her whole life trying to keep everyone safe and healthy," [a friend] said.
"It's a blessing that no one else was seriously injured in this. That would have made it worse."
Genevieve and Clyde ran Jelinek Monuments, which makes cemetery markers and artwork. ...
Sultan resident Genevieve Jelinek enjoyed buying cinnamon buns for the city's police officers, cheering the high school soccer team and leading civic fundraising efforts.
She also wanted to make U.S. Route 2 -- the main highway through her Snohomish County city -- safer by widening a section and installing a divider to prevent collisions.
Residents in this city of about 4,800 people are now mourning her loss after she died Wednesday in a head-on automobile accident on that same highway.
...
"She lived her whole life trying to keep everyone safe and healthy," [a friend] said.
"It's a blessing that no one else was seriously injured in this. That would have made it worse."
Genevieve and Clyde ran Jelinek Monuments, which makes cemetery markers and artwork. ...
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