A dog kennel owned by Jonrowe in Willow was destroyed by the 2015 Sockeye fire.

[1][2] In 1978, DeeDee Jonrowe competed in her first dog sled race, the Women's Fur Rendezvous World Championship in Anchorage.

In 1996, an automobile accident outside Fairbanks, Alaska killed her grandmother, and both Jonrowe and her husband were hospitalized.

While racing the Iditarod, her dogs refused to go into a strong headwind and she was forced to scratch for the first time.

She was forced to scratch in the 2007 Iditarod after suffering from hand and other injuries after sustaining a fall near the Rainy Pass checkpoint.

The story was widely publicized, and in 2003 she won the Most Inspirational Musher Award, and was named the honorary chair of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life.

According to Women Warriors (2004) Jonrowe said, "I've had back surgery, frozen my shoulder, broken my hand…I think I've had every single cold related injury.

Numerous items pertaining to Jonrowe's career, including a parka, dog tags, and trading cards, are in the collection of the National Museum of American History.