Genevieve Louise (Hetu) Sole

1935 - 2013

Genevieve Louise (Hetu) Sole went home to God on Nov. 17, 2013, surrounded by her family. She was born Oct. 8, 1935, in West Springfield, Mass., to Frederic E.  and Aline (Pinsonneault) Hetu. 
She is survived by four daughters, Karen Sole, of Sammamish, Wash., and her partner, David Fletcher; Randi (Sole) Hicks, her husband, Troy, and their sons, Dawson and Sawyer, of Bothell, Wash.; Kelly (Sole) Holscher, her husband, Mark, and their children, Luke, Gemma, Grace, Joseph, and James, of Pacific Palisades, Calif.; Jodi (Sole) Brookes, her husband, Craig, and their children, Boston and Jasmine, of Seattle; and one son, Mark Sole, his wife Adina Safer, and their children, Adley and Jude, of San Francisco. She is also survived by a brother, Frederic E. Hetu, and his wife, Judith, of Lighthouse Point, Fla.; and a sister, Julianne Hetu, of Webster, Mass. 
She was predeceased by a sister, Madeleine (Hetu) Small. 
Gen was a 1952 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Southbridge, Mass., and a 1956 graduate of Anna Maria College in Paxton, Mass. 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 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.