Mary Jane Drisdell died quietly in her home May 11, 2019. Born Mary Jane Kelly to Elmo and Lillian Kelly on October 18, 1922 she attended Sacramento Senior High School and worked in various occupations throughout her life starting out as an usherette at the Senator Theater in downtown Sacramento and retired from the State of California.
She was active in the Sacramento community as a volunteer at the Sacramento Jazz Festival and Railroad Museum, and as a member of the Mercy Guild. At the time of her death she was a 35-year member of the Rho Kappa Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International. Everyone she met quickly became one of her best friends.
She is survived by her daughters, Mary Margaret Ross (Jimi) of Carmichael, CA and Elizabeth Ann Bennett (Lizan) of Fallon, NV, and a cousin Dirk Lynn of Anderson, CA who she raised as a son; as well as 2 grandsons (Brett Ross of Roseville, CA; Dirk Ross of Carmichael, CA) 4 great grandchildren (Hannah, Kyle and Ryan Ross and Camille Hennessey) as well as many other family members too numerous to list.
She was laid to rest next to her late husband, Raymond E. Drisdell on May 21, 2019 at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Fair Oaks, CA.
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