Glendalee (Glee) Pierce Scully

Glendalee Pierce Scully (Glee) was born on October 18, 1937 in Santa Barbara, California, and died peacefully in her Sacramento area home on July 4, 2023. Glee is survived by sons Greg and Gavin Garfield, Sean and Zachary Scully, stepchildren Patrick and Andrew Scully, Suzanne Anderson, by thirteen grandchildren and by her sister, Cynthia Pierce. Her beloved husband Jed (Skip) Scully predeceased her in 2019. She graduated from high school in Roseville and from the University of California at Davis. In 1972 she graduated as Valedictorian from McGeorge School of Law and later joined its faculty. As Director of the Clinical Legal Education program at McGeorge, she and her colleagues and students served many Sacramento residents who could not afford to hire an attorney. Glee was a nurturing and supportive mother and grandmother and a loyal and loving partner to her husband Skip. She was, as mentioned, a determined and accomplished lawyer between 1976 and 2008. Her interest in people, politics and women’s rights was unflagging. She was inquisitive, generous, focused, and kind. In both California and France—the latter where she spent considerable time in her later years—she designed, created, and tended verdant and colorful gardens and she cultivated many lasting friendships.

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