Sister Jane Kelly, an iconic Catholic nun who forged the creation of Ukiah’s Plowshares center for the homeless and helped foster expanded social justice ministries in Mendocino County, has died at age 95.
Sister Jane’s passing came Saturday morning at the Alma Via Nursing Home in her native San Francisco. Her death was announced by Sister Joanne O’Shea, a friend of Sister Jane’s since their teenage years growing up in the same neighborhood in the city. Both joined the Presentation Sisters of the Virgin Mary order within a year of each other.
“She was a remarkable individual,” said Sister Joanne who visited her friend two or three times a week while she was under hospice care.
Sister Joanne said, “She accepted what life gave her with love, devotion, and loyalty.”…