Exclusive | Jill Sobules former roommate reflects on singers life after fatal house fire

She was loved.Jill Sobule’s death has brought several people together, including those who were close to her in her younger years.The Post spoke to Sobule’s former college roommate, who shared specifics about the singer’s time at the University of Colorado and expressed regret over not keeping in closer contact amid the musician’s passing.“We were only roommates our freshman year but were friends throughout college,” Wendy Greengard Mikulka told The Post and also provided a photo with Sobule from inside their dorm in Williams Village at the university on Monday, May 5.“She spent a semester in Spain and came back and didn’t continue college so she could pursue her music career,” she explained of Sobule.“She wrote a song called ‘Wendell Lee.’ He is the guy sitting next to her in the picture.”Greengard Mikulka recalled Sobule being “the life of the party and easy to be around,” adding the late singer was “so fun in college.”“She always wanted to be a musician.

I used to go to her gigs at coffee shops in Boulder and listen to her play. Some of her other friends and I used to pretend to be backup singers and dancers. She always loved writing fun songs,” she shared of Sobule’s early years before fame.The “I Kissed a Girl” singer always had a sense of humor, her former roommate recalled.“I remember one Halloween she dressed up like a pregnant Girl Scout.

That was Jill for you,” her college friend reminisced, adding, “She left college and moved back to Denver if I remember right, and didn’t graduate with me, and we kind of lost touch.”However, their paths would later cross in San Francisco, with Greengard Mikulka telling The Post that she went to one of Sobule’s shows in the city about ten years ago.“We stayed after the show was over and spent a bunch of time catching up,” she said.

Greengard Mikulka expressed regret for not keeping closer contact with Sobule.“I tried to contact her after her mom died, but w...