Jacqueline Grieb

1972 - 1998  (26 years)

• Name	Jacqueline Grieb
  Born	28 Mar 1972  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-466329
  Died	4 Jun 1998  [1]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I466329	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2024

  
  

  Mother	Claudette Grieb
  Family ID	F290375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Dagmar Grieb,   b. 4 Jul 1995,   d. 4 Sep 1998  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F290376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Tombstone Entry: https://ianring.com/works/sofh07/ In the early 1990s, Jackie Grieb already had a reputation in town as a feisty, outspoken feminist lesbian activist. She opened a retail store called Jack In The Box in uptown Waterloo, selling eclectic objects, vintage clothing, body piercing jewelry and curated oddities. The store also served as the gallery for her paintings. There, I would loiter and chat about art, activism, and the social nuances of the punks and geeks and artists and weirdos that made up our scene. When Jackie was pregnant, I made mixed tapes of piano improvisations to play for her growing belly. Jackie's paintings were primitive in a way that wasn't folksy, full of symbolism, and surreal still life assemblages in vivid colours. Checkerboard patterns and things hidden behind curtains, jesters, fish, bubbles, doors, flowers, bells, toys, bees, cigarettes, and moons shining through tiny misshapen window panes. As the 90s progressed, we lost touch. The store was shut down. I never met her daughter, Dagmar. Then one day I received the tragic news: Jackie was dead, Dagmar too, her closest friends were summoning to each other urgently in an attempt to rescue her paintings from being destroyed. The day after I learned of the tragedy, I sat at the piano, attempting to collect my reactions. This song began simply as a repeated ringing of diminished octaves, a stinging quiet dissonance that felt like an echo of the question "why" reflecting back— with no answer. I publish this music and continue to make it available to the world, in memory of Jackie Grieb (1972 - 1998) and Dagmar Grieb (1995 - 1998).

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . Grieb/ Dagmar/ 07.04.1995 - 06.04.1998/ Jacqueline/ 03.28.1972 - 06.04.1998/ Claudette/ 11.04.1947- / Together Forever

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth