Naples senior center founder, prominent social services advocate dies at 75

Jaclynn Faffer, founder, president and CEO of Baker Senior Center Naples, died Dec. 14 at 75, according to the nonprofit.
Jaclynn Faffer, founder, president and CEO of Baker Senior Center Naples, died Dec. 14 at 75, according to the nonprofit.
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When senior citizens in Collier County had nowhere to go, Jaclynn Faffer built them a center that would forever change the way human services are provided in Southwest Florida, those who knew her say. 

 

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