Jean Tate Sr.

Jean Tate Sr. was the first wife of Frank Tate and mother of Chris and Zoe Tate.

Jean and Frank married in 1962 and the following year she gave birth to their son Chris. Five years later Frank and Jean had a daughter Zoe. Frank helped Jean commit suicide in 1984 after she fell ill to cancer.

In 2003, nearly 20 years after Jean's death, Zoe named her daughter Jean Tate Jr. after her late mother.