Jeanne Rogge Greener

Jeanne Rogge Greener, 75, of Seattle, Washington, passed away peacefully on the morning of December 28th surrounded by her loving husband and two children after a private battle with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Jeanne was born on December 12th, 1947 to Dr. Edgar and Celeste Rogge and grew up with her brother Leland and two sisters Barbara and Janet in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle. A creature of summer’s warmth, some of her happiest childhood moments were waterskiing on Lake Washington and picking blackberries on Whidbey Island with her younger sister, Janet.

She graduated from Forest Ridge high school in 1965 and earned a BA in Communications and Teaching Certification from the University of Washington. While at the UW, she was a sister of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and met her future husband, Dr. Robert Greener, during her freshman year in 1966. After graduation, she taught the fourth grade at elementary schools in New Jersey, the Bellevue School District, and St. Therese in Seattle.

On a warm July day in 1972, Jeanne married Robert at St. Bridget’s Church in Seattle before heading down to California for Robert’s service as a Navy dentist. They spent the next 50 years together and raised two children, James and Joanna. Although caring for her family was Jeanne’s greatest passion, she also loved the arts. Whether it was painting a colorful landscape; playing “Clair de Lune” on the piano; singing “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”; dancing to “What a Feeling” or making Christmas ornaments out of oyster shells – Jeanne was always creating something meaningful for everyone in her life.

Jeanne is survived by her husband Dr. Robert Greener, son James Greener, daughter Joanna Mullally, and four grandchildren: Genevieve Mullally, Augustine Mullally, Elise Greener, and Emilia Greener. She is also survived by her brother Dr. Leland Rogge and sister Dr. Janet Rogge. She will be dearly missed and lovingly remembered.

Jane Eyre Passage

“My tale draws to its close: one word respecting my experience of married life…

I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on Earth. I hold myself supremely blest—blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine. No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am; ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.

I know no weariness of my Edward’s society: he knows none of mine, any more than we each do of the pulsation of the heart that beats in our separate bosoms; consequently, we are ever together.” -- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre