http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_stor...eyword=topstory



"BEVERLY — Charlotte Kane was 21 when she answered The Call. Oh, she found her path to God, all right, but along the way she found something else, something even more important to the people whose lives she would touch.

Sister Charlotte Kane discovered that at her very core she was an educator, the kind that not only molds students' minds, but leaves an indelible impression on their hearts.

Kane died Tuesday, May 27, at Beverly Hospital. She was 79.

An incident at the hospital just days before her death undoubtedly gave her some comfort. She was in the emergency room when a nurse on duty picked up her chart and exclaimed, "I had Sister Charlotte at Bishop Fenwick!" Kane's sister, Julie Theresa Kane recalls. The woman went on.

"I was a wild kid," she said. "She turned my life around. Charlotte was very gentle, patient and understanding."

The nurse might be surprised to learn that that was because Kane may have seen a bit of herself reflected in the "wild kid," but more about that later.

Born Sept. 8, 1928, Kane spent the first years of her life in a home that is now the convent at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in downtown Beverly. When she was about 4, the family moved a short walk away to Mechanic Street, to the house where Kane would spend the last years of her life...."

See? Just 'cause the kid is wild doesn't mean they're hopeless.

Absolutely !