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Rev. Mollie Clements

March 1, 2020
Kalamazoo, MI

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Rev. Mollie Susan Gee Clements, born in Galveston, November 3, 1934, died peacefully in Kalamazoo, on Sunday March 1, 2020. Mollie met Jesse, her husband, at the Faith and Life Community at the University of Texas. They were married in Sweden and for their honeymoon worked building a community center in Mindanao, the Philippines. Mollie later attended seminary. Mollie and Jesse worked together in Hong Kong, teaching and in social service to refugees from China, and later in community and economic development in the slums of Bombay. Mollie served as a minister for two decades in Indianapolis, and Mollie and Jesse retired to Kalamazoo, remaining active in work for social justice, in her church community, and helping to establish Justice For Our Neighbors-Kalamazoo, which provides legal aid to immigrants. Mollie was predeceased by her husband, Jesse, son, David, and parents John and Gertrude Gee. She is survived by a love family from all over the world too numerous to count, by brothers John, George and Dick and their families, daughters Crispin (Reg), and Claire, sons Peter (Maria), and Paul (Aedin) and grandchildren Marilyn, Michelle, Amelia, Porter, Anna, Bridin, Kriya, Amani, Muhammad, Isa, Mumtaz and Tiara, and all their loved ones, and great granddaughter Amalia. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 6 at 5 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Kalamazoo. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made by check to Justice For Our Neighbors (JFON), designated to the Kalamazoo office.