Jeremy Michael "Jerry" Rolling

JEREMY “JERRY” MICHAEL ROLLING
November 19, 1942 ˜ April 18, 2023

We are sad to share that on April 18, 2023 Jerry Rolling passed away at the age of 80. He passed one week after celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife Sara.
Jerry was born on Nov. 19, 1942, in Nottingham, England to Harold and Audrey Rolling. Jerry started working with electronic computers in 1962, moving to Canada in 1967 for a job as systems analyst at CPAir. In 1973, Jerry changed careers to real estate and married his second wife, Sara Settle. Together they had four children and in 1990 they moved the family from Vancouver, Canada to Vancouver, WA, where he continued selling real estate until his retirement.
Jerry’s life revolved around projects to benefit the people and places he loved. In 1970 he set up a rugby clubhouse for his team, The Scribes, in Vancouver, Canada where they welcomed and entertained opposing teams.
Jerry’s projects continued when he joined the Vancouver, WA Downtown Rotary Club. His multiple Rotary projects included heroically overcoming administrative hurdles to facilitate a global grant supporting safe drinking water in Haiti, greatly expanding the Lunch Buddy program, and he was always the first to volunteer to don an elf (and eventually Santa) costume to distribute gifts to underprivileged children.
Jerry would find things, often unusual things, that he could do to improve the places and organizations that he cared about. As the revitalization of downtown Vancouver began, he co-founded the Clark County Mural Society. Jerry’s dogged persistence played a huge role in making Vancouver a more colorful and interesting place, and his love for Vancouver’s historic downtown can be seen on the sides of buildings everywhere you look. Jerry was particularly proud of the Remembrance Wall at Phil Arnold Way, which illustrates Vancouver’s contributions to the war effort.
Jerry is survived by his wife, Sara; children, Chris (Leslie), Ben (Missy), Abigail, Elizabeth (Aron) and Sandra; five grandchildren; and brother Peter. He was predeceased by daughter Clare.
A celebration of Jerry’s life will be held on May 5th at 1 p.m. at Columbia Presbyterian Church. Donations in Jerry’s honor can be made to Clean Water for Haiti, the nonprofit that Jerry has supported with his time, money, and passion for the last 20 years.
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