{"id":11195,"date":"2025-07-26T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?page_id=11195"},"modified":"2025-07-26T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T15:35:27","slug":"jean-jolly-1930-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/about-our-club\/inspirational-members\/jean-jolly-1930-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Jolly 1930 &#8211; 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Jean Jolly 1930 &#8211; 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1992-93.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11199 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1992-93-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Jolly SISTA President 1992-93\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1992-93-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1992-93.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1977-78.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11198 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1977-78-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Jolly SISTA President 1977-78\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1977-78-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/Jean-Jolly-SISTA-President-1977-78.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Member of Soroptimist International St Albans and District 1968-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jean was a much loved and valued member of the Soroptimist International St Albans and District for more than 40 years. She was Club President for the Club year 1977 to 1978 and again for 1992 to 1993 (please see the two photos above). Jean was Club Treasurer for many of her years as a member of the Club (working in a bank would have made her well qualified for the role!). Being Club President must have been both an opportunity and a challenge for Jean who was known for <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04ChequeRefuge2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11201\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04ChequeRefuge2012-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"ChequeRefuge2012\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04ChequeRefuge2012-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/04ChequeRefuge2012.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>being wonderful \u201cbehind the scenes\u201d &#8211; if you see any photos of Jean she is usually there in the crowd but not centre stage\u2026..<\/p>\n<p>In later years she loved to produce the Club\u2019s Newsletter \u2013 especially once she had obtained an electronic typewriter! She was also a great letter writer and kept in touch with family, friends and Soroptimists all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>As a Soroptimist she became good friends with many Club members including Sheila Chadwick who she went on holiday to Eastbourne with for many years, and Helen Francis who also became a neighbour in The Harvesters. Jean Eaton stayed in regular contact with Jean until, sadly, Jean herself died at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Jean was a keen Soroptimist traveller. She attended a great many Soroptimist Conferences in the UK. Jean adored her mother and always made sure to phone her when she was away. Jean also enjoyed visiting Soroptimist Friendship Links including an exciting trip to California in 1980 and her last \u201caway\u201d event to Muenster Germany in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Jean was keen to support charities and organisations for the blind. She will have been the driving force behind the Club\u2019s involvement with Loreto College, St Raphael\u2019s care home where Soroptimists provided a weekly trolley service with goods in stock and some ordered specially. The Club also supported the talking newspaper, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Hertfordshire Society for the Blind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/55-Carol-singing-2006-Jean-Jolly-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/55-Carol-singing-2006-Jean-Jolly--243x300.jpg\" alt=\"Carol singing 2006 - Jean Jolly\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/55-Carol-singing-2006-Jean-Jolly--243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/55-Carol-singing-2006-Jean-Jolly-.jpg 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>She loved participating in the Club\u2019s Christmas Carol singing at St Albans City Station where Soroptimists raised money for the Club\u2019s charities every year. Perhaps her love was close to her connection with the Salvation Army, but most people didn&#8217;t know that she could only sing one note!<\/p>\n<p>Jean had a wonderful sense of humour and an infectious giggle. She was always friendly, generous and caring. She is sorely missed by everyone who knew her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Jolly 1930 &#8211; 2025 Member of Soroptimist International St Albans and District 1968-2012 Jean&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":1785,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jean Jolly 1930 - 2025 | SI St Albans and District | SIGBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SIGBI : SI St Albans and District : Jean Jolly 1930 - 2025 : SI St Albans and District is part of a worldwide organisation of women, find more information regarding the Jean Jolly 1930 - 2025 here.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/about-our-club\/inspirational-members\/jean-jolly-1930-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jean Jolly 1930 - 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