Daily News | Jennifer Porter Gerald, retired Philadelphia DHS social worker and administrator, church deacon, has died at 71
“She was tough, but loving,” her daughter, Dana Coleman, said. “She was a great example of being a leader and serving others. She lived a Christian life as well.”Coleman said her mother also took her to her office at DHS and to conferences of the National Association of Black Social Workers to provide her with experiences to shape her future.
Moore Bruton said the two met as sixth graders at Masterman, and remained friends through Philadelphia High School for Girls and Pennsylvania State University, where they were roommates. The Porters reared their family in the Nicetown neighborhood, where as a child, Mrs. Gerald was a member of Zion Baptist Church, under the leadership of the late Rev. Leon H. Sullivan.
¥ears later, after beginning her family and establishing herself in her career, Mrs. Gerald re-activated as a member of the AKA’s Omega Omega chapter in Philadelphia in 2006.married Collins Eubanks in 1974, and they had one daughter. The marriage ended in divorce. Mrs. Gerald later married Lewis J. Gerald in 1984 and they had one sonMrs. Gerald began her career working for the city as an area youth worker trainee for the Department of Welfare in 1971 and was later promoted in 1974.
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