Jennifer Ellen Goff

On the afternoon of November 4, 2021, Jennifer Ellen Goff died in her Kennesaw, Georgia home after a three-year bareknuckle brawl with abdominal cancer. Those closest to her called her “Jenna.” She was only 43 years old. Born on November 29th, 1977 in Anchorage, Alaska, Jenna was the sixth of seven children shared by Charles and Dianne (Shullaw, Anderson) O’Connell. Upon graduating high school with honors in 1995, Jenna was accepted to the University of Oregon, where, in just four years, she graduated with three Bachelors Degrees in Russian, Russian History, and International Diplomacy. Again, with honors. Shortly after graduating university, Jenna began her journey up the corporate ladder, moving to Seattle and starting her career at Microsoft in 2001. In 2016, she accepted the job at Amazon that would later relocate her family to Kennesaw, Georgia in 2018. Jenna is survived by her husband, Michael Goff (47), and two beautiful children, Lillian (10) and Logan (5). The children’s grandmother, Priscilla Goff (76), along with her four surviving siblings, Shannon O’Connell (54), Jeff Anderson (53), John O’Connell (52), and Jessye Schmitz (41) all took shifts caring for her and the family in her final months, weeks, days, and hours. Her husband was holding her hand as she passed. Additionally, Jenna is survived by her aunt Jerry Anne Peterson (84), her four amazing daughters and their families, as well as her beloved nieces and nephews: Alei O’Connell (30), Tristan Lee (Anderson) Jordan (25), Charlie Koppang-O’Connell (17), Delaney Koppang-O’Connell (15), and Myah Schmitz (16). Jenna is preceded in death by both her father, Charles (1942-2011), and her mother, Dianne (1945-2018). She also joins her grandparents on both sides, as well as her eldest sister, Catherine Colleen (1965-1981). A remembrance service will be held in Snohomish, Washington on Monday, November 29, at 6:00pm at the First Congregational Church of Maltby (21111 86th Avenue SE, 98296). A reception will follow. If inclined to do so, please consider a donation to The Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP) Research Foundation (www.acpmp.org) in Jenna’s honor.