Jenni, Remembered

Strangers

Lea Thau

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In the Strangers community, we’ve lost one of our own: Jenni Rowell, 33, has passed away. In this episode, with the help of her family and friends, we rejoice in her life and everything she gave us, and we mourn what we have lost. We also reveal some happy news that she got to enjoy … Continue reading Jenni, Remembered →

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0:00.0	Oh, guys, Jenny died.
0:06.6	With my soul.
0:11.3	This is a friend of her family, leading us in song at her memorial.
0:19.7	You're listening to Strangers from KCW and Radiotopia.
0:27.6	I'm Leotow.
0:28.8	And if you listen to the show regularly, you know Jenny.
0:32.4	She was 33, and we followed her battle with cancer for the last 18 months.
0:37.8	And I'm so sorry to say that it has ended.
0:41.7	If you don't know Jenny, you should check out the episodes called Life Interrupted and Jenny Now.
0:49.5	Despite the grim circumstances of her illness, she gave us many laughs.
0:53.7	And according to her friends and
0:54.9	family, she didn't lose her sense of humor, even in her very last days. Here's her friend Roberto,
1:00.8	speaking at the memorial, about the last time he saw Jenny, two days before she died, in the hospital
1:06.9	with her mother Lynn. I'm sure you owe me Jenny's mom. She's just as lively, hilarious.
1:12.6	And she looked over at Jenny and was like,
1:14.6	Cookie, I don't know how you put up with me so long.
1:18.6	And Jenny woke up from her sleep and looked over and was like,
1:22.6	it's because I'm on drugs.
1:26.6	This This was a Jenny
1:32.2	I loved, and she was always herself until it was her time.
1:38.9	Could be the next time I see you, it'll be forever.
1:42.7	The family said, this is not a memorial.
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