Jennifer was born in Los Alamos, N.M. on 1 November 1965 to Peggy and Sid Pinkston. Always a brilliant student, she enrolled in the University of New Mexico in 1983, where she met her future husband. Jennifer and Chip were married on May 20, 1987. Jennifer had an impressive, varied legal career that began and culminated at her beloved Rodey Law Firm, where she was a director and shareholder. Her powerful intellect, professionalism, and passion served many New Mexicans throughout her career.
In recent years, Jennifer and her husband were avidly involved in outdoor rock climbing, gym climbing, and camping throughout the Southwest. While undergoing cancer treatments in June 2014, Jennifer participated in the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation's Climb4Life in Boulder, Colorado to raise funds for research to eliminate ovarian cancer. She was the only participant who climbed outdoors in Boulder Canyon despite active cancer treatment.
Jennifer is especially remembered for her spirit of generosity, her deep empathy for people and animals, her knack for gracefully solving problems, her modesty about her many professional recognitions, her loyalty, and her infectious sense of humor. She was also a world- class knitter, making beautiful creations for family and friends. She and her husband shared a passion for live music and the great outdoors. In her professional life, she was devoted to the practice of law, and in her personal life, she was ardently devoted to her family.
Jennifer, loving wife, mother, grandmother, dear friend to many, brilliant, hard-working, and talented professional and dedicated member of her community, passed away on 18 January 2016. She had struggled valiantly with ovarian cancer from the time of her diagnosis in 2013.
She is survived by her husband, children, granddaughter, mother, and siblings, as well as in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Jennifer's family and countless friends will celebrate her life and remember her with love and affection.
In recent years, Jennifer and her husband were avidly involved in outdoor rock climbing, gym climbing, and camping throughout the Southwest. While undergoing cancer treatments in June 2014, Jennifer participated in the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation's Climb4Life in Boulder, Colorado to raise funds for research to eliminate ovarian cancer. She was the only participant who climbed outdoors in Boulder Canyon despite active cancer treatment.
Jennifer is especially remembered for her spirit of generosity, her deep empathy for people and animals, her knack for gracefully solving problems, her modesty about her many professional recognitions, her loyalty, and her infectious sense of humor. She was also a world- class knitter, making beautiful creations for family and friends. She and her husband shared a passion for live music and the great outdoors. In her professional life, she was devoted to the practice of law, and in her personal life, she was ardently devoted to her family.
Jennifer, loving wife, mother, grandmother, dear friend to many, brilliant, hard-working, and talented professional and dedicated member of her community, passed away on 18 January 2016. She had struggled valiantly with ovarian cancer from the time of her diagnosis in 2013.
She is survived by her husband, children, granddaughter, mother, and siblings, as well as in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Jennifer's family and countless friends will celebrate her life and remember her with love and affection.
Jennifer was born in Los Alamos, N.M. on 1 November 1965 to Peggy and Sid Pinkston. Always a brilliant student, she enrolled in the University of New Mexico in 1983, where she met her future husband. Jennifer and Chip were married on May 20, 1987. Jennifer had an impressive, varied legal career that began and culminated at her beloved Rodey Law Firm, where she was a director and shareholder. Her powerful intellect, professionalism, and passion served many New Mexicans throughout her career.
In recent years, Jennifer and her husband were avidly involved in outdoor rock climbing, gym climbing, and camping throughout the Southwest. While undergoing cancer treatments in June 2014, Jennifer participated in the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation's Climb4Life in Boulder, Colorado to raise funds for research to eliminate ovarian cancer. She was the only participant who climbed outdoors in Boulder Canyon despite active cancer treatment.
Jennifer is especially remembered for her spirit of generosity, her deep empathy for people and animals, her knack for gracefully solving problems, her modesty about her many professional recognitions, her loyalty, and her infectious sense of humor. She was also a world- class knitter, making beautiful creations for family and friends. She and her husband shared a passion for live music and the great outdoors. In her professional life, she was devoted to the practice of law, and in her personal life, she was ardently devoted to her family.
Jennifer, loving wife, mother, grandmother, dear friend to many, brilliant, hard-working, and talented professional and dedicated member of her community, passed away on 18 January 2016. She had struggled valiantly with ovarian cancer from the time of her diagnosis in 2013.
She is survived by her husband, children, granddaughter, mother, and siblings, as well as in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Jennifer's family and countless friends will celebrate her life and remember her with love and affection.
In recent years, Jennifer and her husband were avidly involved in outdoor rock climbing, gym climbing, and camping throughout the Southwest. While undergoing cancer treatments in June 2014, Jennifer participated in the HERA Women's Cancer Foundation's Climb4Life in Boulder, Colorado to raise funds for research to eliminate ovarian cancer. She was the only participant who climbed outdoors in Boulder Canyon despite active cancer treatment.
Jennifer is especially remembered for her spirit of generosity, her deep empathy for people and animals, her knack for gracefully solving problems, her modesty about her many professional recognitions, her loyalty, and her infectious sense of humor. She was also a world- class knitter, making beautiful creations for family and friends. She and her husband shared a passion for live music and the great outdoors. In her professional life, she was devoted to the practice of law, and in her personal life, she was ardently devoted to her family.
Jennifer, loving wife, mother, grandmother, dear friend to many, brilliant, hard-working, and talented professional and dedicated member of her community, passed away on 18 January 2016. She had struggled valiantly with ovarian cancer from the time of her diagnosis in 2013.
She is survived by her husband, children, granddaughter, mother, and siblings, as well as in-laws, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Jennifer's family and countless friends will celebrate her life and remember her with love and affection.
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