Georgine Lindelof: Longtime Edmonds resident was founding member of Driftwood Players

Georgine “Jeanne” Mary Lindelof

Georgine was born in Seattle, WA, on July 22, 1926. Her childhood was marked by many challenges, including the death of her mother when she was 9 years old. She was
subsequently in foster care and then raised by her father and other relatives in various neighborhoods of Seattle and in other locations in Washington and California. She was a 1944 graduate of Grandview High School in the Yakima Valley.

After high school she lived in California until 1949. She worked at the cosmetics counter at a drugstore in Santa Monica. One of her favorite stories was how one of her frequent
customers was a young woman who would later take the screen name of Marilyn Monroe.

In 1949 Jeanne moved back to Seattle. At a boarding house on Capitol Hill, she met Norvel “Lindy” Lindelof. They married in 1950. Jeanne and Lindy moved to Edmonds, WA, in 1950, where they would spend the rest of their lives.

They brought their first three children, Debra, Dan, and Leigh Ann, to their home near Five Corners. Lindy and a partner started a construction company in the late 1950s, and Jeanne helped out doing secretarial and bookkeeping work on the kitchen table. In 1960, Jeanne
and Lindy welcomed their fourth child, Lauren. Deciding they needed a larger home, they bought a lot on 7th Avenue in Edmonds, and Lindy built the house that is there to this day.

Jeanne had always had an interest in drama, and when she heard of a local group starting a community theater, she became involved and was one of the founding members of the Driftwood Players. She remained an active member for many years and appeared in plays as well as doing many of the other production jobs, such as organizing props, painting
scenery and doing publicity. She also helped raise money to build the group’s Wade James Theater, and she was instrumental in starting the group’s drama workshops for children.

Starting in the 1970s, Jeanne was a volunteer and then an employee of Planned
Parenthood. She was also active in the Unitarian Universalist Church, participating in the Social Concerns Committee and singing in the choir. Jeanne was also in the Edmonds Senior Center choir for several years.

Both before and after retirement, Jeanne and Lindy enjoyed traveling, and they made annual trips to Maui, a place Jeanne was especially fond of. They also had a cabin on property they owned in southwest Washington, where they spent part of almost every week during the summer. They were both avid gardeners and they had large gardens both at the cabin and at their home in Edmonds. Jeanne and Lindy hosted many family gatherings over the years, and they both enjoyed spending time with their grandchildren.

Jeanne was predeceased by her husband and her son Dan. She was able to live in her
beloved home until the age of 97. She leaves her daughters, Debra Hays, Leigh Ann Killam (Donald), and Lauren Torgerson (Paul), and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She lived a full and active life, and although she did not quite make it to her 100th birthday, she did reach her 100th year