Genevieve (Hetu) Sole
Seattle, WA -- Genevieve Louise (Hetu) Sole went home to God on November 17, 2013 surrounded by her family. She was born on October 8, 1935 in West Springfield, Massachusetts to Frederic E. and Aline (Pinsonneault) Hetu. She is survived by 4 daughters, Karen Sole of Sammamish, WA and her partner, David Fletcher; Randi (Sole) Hicks, her husband Troy, and their sons Dawson and Sawyer of Bothell, WA; Kelly (Sole) Holscher her husband Mark, and their children Luke, Gemma, Grace, Joseph, and James of Pacific Palisades, CA; Jodi (Sole) Brookes, her husband Craig and their children Boston and Jasmine of Seattle, WA; and one son, Mark Sole, his wife Adina Safer and their children Adley and Jude of San Francisco, CA. She is also survived by a brother, Frederic E. Hetu and his wife Judith of Lighthouse Point, FL; and a sister Julianne Hetu of Webster, MA. She was predeceased by a sister, Madeleine (Hetu) Small.

Gen was a 1952 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Southbridge, MA and a 1956 graduate of Anna Maria College in Paxton, MA. After college she traveled to Alaska to work as an English teacher in Catholic mission schools. In 1963 she married Jon N. Sole, and settled in Fairbanks to raise a family. Most recently she resided in the Seattle, WA area close to her family. She was an active member of several church congregations and touched many with her counseling and spiritual guidance. She was an adventurer, lover of music, trusted friend, mother and grandmother. Gen will be greatly missed.