AC's “Sister Jean” Dies

Webster ran Atlantic City soup kitchen for 25 years

Jean Webster, who opened a soup kitchen in Atlantic City 25 years ago after she saw a homeless man rummaging for food in the trash, has died. She was 75.

Her death was confirmed Monday by the Rev. John Scotland, a longtime colleague.

Though she was not a nun, her work earned her the title “Sister Jean,” as she was universally known in Atlantic City.

Webster, a former chef, decided to devote the remainder of her life to feeding the poor after she saw a homeless man looking for food in 1986.

Ever since, Sister Jean's Kitchen served hot meals to the poor twice a day in the shadow of Atlantic City's billion-dollar casinos. She initially fed up to 35 people a day from her own kitchen before moving into a church.

Now Sister Jean’s kitchen serves more than 400 people a day at the Victory Presbyterian Deliverance Church,Rev. John Scotland said.


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