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Evelyn Frances Kelley
1924 - 2003 (78 years)
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Name Evelyn Frances Kelley Nickname Sister Evelyn Birth 5 Oct 1924 Everett, Massachusetts, USA 
Gender Female Death 18 Sep 2003 St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, USA Burial 23 Sep 2003 Sisters of Providence Cemetery, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, USA Person ID I3297 The McIver Family Tree Last Modified 18 Jan 2022
Father Joseph Edward Kelley, b. 24 Jun 1890, North Wiltshire, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 30 Aug 1970, Stoneham, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) Mother Evelyn Susanna Kennedy, b. 13 Mar 1886, Souris, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 24 Sep 1957, Malden, Massachusetts, USA (Age 71 years) Marriage 1917 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F1362 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos Photo - Sister Evelyn Kelley 
Photo - Sister Evelyn Kelley and Sister Eileen Ann Kelley
Golden Jubilee of Sister Eileen Kelley
May 1995
Documents 
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Death Record - Sister Evelyn Kelley
Indiana State Certificate of DeathDocument - Sister Evelyn Kelley
Sisters of Providence Experience Record
Death Record - Sister Evelyn Kelley
Obituary
Headstones 
Headstone - Sister Evelyn Kelley
Located at Sisters of Providence Cemetery, St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, USA.
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Notes - Evelyn was born in Everett, MA and attended Cheverus grade and high schools in Malden, MA. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, Evelyn worked at United Fruit Company in Boston. Evelyn entered the Sisters of Province of Saint Mary-of-the –Woods, ID in 1944, spent her postulancy at Loretto House in Washington, DC, and received the name Sister Marie Clare. While in Washington, DC she took classes at Immaculata Junior College and then received the habit there January 23, 1945. She spent her 2 years of novitiate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and professed her temporary vows January 23, 1947 and perpetual vows January 23, 1952.
Sister Marie Clare earned her BS in Education from St. Mary-of-the –Woods College and earned her MS in Special Education from Indiana State College. She taught elementary school children on Illinois, Indiana, California, and North Carolina and was superior and teaching principal at Blessed Sacrament parish in Burlington, NC.
In the 1960s Sister returned to her baptismal name and became known as Sister Evelyn. Shortly after that she began teaching disadvantaged children at Nazareth Academy in Fall River where she ministered for about 20 years.
When Sister Evelyn retired from teaching special education classes, she began the ministry of assisting the elderly in their homes. Several years later in 1991 she spent a year in Taiwan serving at St. Theresa Opportunity Center for children with disabilities where co-workers attested to the great impact and influence she had at the Center with both staff and students. In 1992 she retired to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods where she worked in the greenhouse that eventually became part of White Violet Center. In 2003 she became a patient in Lourdes Hall and was later transferred to Mother Theodore Hall where she died September 18, 2003
Researched by Desmond McIvor
- Evelyn was born in Everett, MA and attended Cheverus grade and high schools in Malden, MA. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, Evelyn worked at United Fruit Company in Boston. Evelyn entered the Sisters of Province of Saint Mary-of-the –Woods, ID in 1944, spent her postulancy at Loretto House in Washington, DC, and received the name Sister Marie Clare. While in Washington, DC she took classes at Immaculata Junior College and then received the habit there January 23, 1945. She spent her 2 years of novitiate at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College and professed her temporary vows January 23, 1947 and perpetual vows January 23, 1952.