The last of the trio of leaders who led the effort to establish the Father Bradley Shelter for Women and Children died on Tuesday, Dec. 9., just as the shelter is observing its 25th anniversary of service to the community.
Mary Ann Thrasher was 93. She never lost her love and compassion for the shelter, its operations and its many residents through the years.
In 1998, Mrs. Thrasher, the late Father Ed Bradley and the late Sister Mary Pauletta Kane started having conversations about the need and feasibility for a community shelter, with recognition about the increasing number of women and children in crisis…