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SOLEM, Rachael Age 68, died suddenly on January 15. Mother, grandmother, wife, sister, friend, entrepreneur, writer, reader, advocate, puzzler and connector of so many worlds; the glue that held everything together. Born in New York City in 1955, she traveled far and wide around this country as well as others, but landed for a long while in Jamaica Plain and then later in Cambridge, finally settling to live with her husband in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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What were Rachael's favorite ways to exercise?
Swimming!
Swimming!
Swimming!
What were Rachael's favorite songs or musical artists?
The Beatles! She taught me everything I know and love about them. I remember reading…
The Beatles! She taught me everything I know and love about them. I remember reading the archi…
The Beatles! She taught me everything I know and love about them. I remember reading the archive book that she and Barr…

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Born

July 2nd, 1955
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Had a child

1977
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
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Had a child

1980
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA

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