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Rev. Davette Turk obituary

Published: July 28, 2023 at 10:47 AM

A local activist who was unlike any other .. Reverend Davette Turk .. died last week at age 87 after a long battle with dementia. She was a Catholic nun who left the church to marry and become the first woman Episcopal priest in Florida. Reverend Turk was a life time champion of civil rights and human rights from urban Jacksonville to remote regions of Africa:

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