Our beloved adult offspring, Lin Hecate Grimm, also known as Possum, ellgrimm, zie.science, KinokoHutsuji, Grimm, and in childhood and adolescence as Rachel Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Charbonneau, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Tucson, AZ, at age 32, after a short illness. Lin was gentle, kind and artistic, with a sidebar of sharp wit. We miss them terribly.
Lin was born November 8, 1991, in North Richland Hills, TX, and lived in Keller, TX, until the family moved to Tucson, AZ, when they were in second grade. Lin attended Ironwood Elementary and Tortolita Middle School in Marana USD. Lin graduated from Marana’s Mountain View High School in 2010, and from Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, in 2013.
Over the years, Lin had a wide variety of work experiences, and learned about themselves, other people and the world with each position. Lin’s jobs included being a clerk at their grandparents’ hardware store in Texas, building artisanal kaleidoscopes, being head counselor for a Girl Scout summer camp, serving as a barista of fine tea, working on the kitchen crew making artisan raw sauerkraut and repping it at the Olympia Farmer’s Market, and assisting in production of an anti-COVID face mask
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