Molly Conley, 15, was a loving, kind, and very fun, young woman. In some ways, she was a typical teenager, finding her way through life and quickly learning how to do so. Her wide smile and apple cheeks showed the darling girl that she was, but her full heart held a soulfulness and deep compassion for others that transcended her young age.
Molly’s life was not long enough, but she lived. She lived her life to the fullest and faced everything, good and bad, with love in her heart.
She adored the people around her, her family, friends, neighbors, the community, Magnolia village, school and her teammates. She loved to connect with people with her endearing smile. She truly enjoyed life.
We loved Molly so very much. She was a wonderful daughter. Molly was strong, and she stood up for people in need. She was there when she knew someone needed a friend. She is the one that got us to be foster parents to babies in transition. We all loved doing it, but Molly connected beautifully with the babies and enjoyed giving them the love they needed. She was very proud of those little babies in our care.
Molly was born a true Seattle girl, her mother and grandfather born and raised in Seattle, with both of her parents living in Seattle. Her father, John Conley, is from a large Spokane family. Molly especially loved the wonderful family gatherings with her many cousins and relatives.
Molly was a 4.0 student at Bishop Blanchet High School. She studied hard for her grades, hoping to one day be a University of Washington Husky, like her parents.
Molly was also a wonderful athlete and much-loved teammate. She played soccer, volleyball, basketball and lacrosse. Fred Grimm, her CYO soccer coach said, “With a quiet determination, Molly had a unique combination of fierce competitiveness, with a gentle spirit.”
Molly was born in Seattle on May 31, 1998, at Providence Hospital. She has an older sister, Tara Conley, an incoming freshman at the University of Puget Sound, and an older brother, Johnny, a junior at Blanchet.
Her father is John Conley of Seattle, and her mother and stepfather, Matthew and Susan Arksey, both of Seattle.[[In-content Ad]]
