Jane Daniels could spin a yarn in more ways than one. A voracious reader and weaver, Daniels died Jan. 2 at the age of 96. For many years, Daniels worked as a librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Baltimore County Public Library. She was also a former trustee at the Pratt.Daniels became a member of the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore (WGGB), and served on the Advisory Council of the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.She married her late husband Worth Bagley Daniels Jr. in June 1962. Together they raised two daughters, Jane and Ann.Readers can find service information and learn more about Daniels in the obituary linked here.Baltimore Fishbowl is re-publishing the following “9 Over 90” piece from March 8, 2023 that featured Daniels.Jane W. DanielsD.O.B. July 25, 1928; Baltimore, MDEducation: B.A. Goucher CollegeB.S. Simmons CollegeCareer Present and Past: When asked about her current pursuit, “Living!” exclaims the vibrant Jane Daniels, long active in Baltimore City and national non-profits. At 94, she lives independently in the Roland Park house where she’s lived for 57 years and where she and her late husband Worth raised their children. “My two daughters are my greatest accomplishment,” she says.Daniels is an avid reader. A former trustee of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, as well as a former librarian there and at the Baltimore County Public Library, she stays current on recent releases despite vision difficulties. Next to her sits a box containing a new reading lamp and a copy of John Irving’s latest novel, The Chairlift. She just finished Lessons in Chemistry and the newest Louise Penney. Books line a nearby shelf, ready to distribute to friends.“I belong to the Hamilton Street Club, which is a great plus in my life. They have a wonderful program committee. Next Saturday is a Zoom trip to Paris. I play bridge twice a week, Wednesdays and Fridays. Fridays we meet here. We play morning and afternoon, and at lunch, we discuss what’s going on in the world. We have a great group. Several of us are over 90, including my sister, who is over 95. Our youngest member is in her late 70s.” She pauses. “Dinner times are a little lonely.” But some of the same women, plus others, gather for cocktail hour by Zoom once a week. Her daughters also each come once a week for dinner. Her three granddaughters visit regularly.Daniels is still in touch with some of the weavers she met when she was active in the Weavers Guild of Greater Baltimore. She did every workshop locally and traveled biannually throughout the country for national conferences. “I made clothes, upholstery, table linens, tapestries.” She wove up into her 90s and still has her looms. For her alma mater Roland Park Country School, where she has served as a trustee, she commissioned the Centennial Tapestry that has hung in the school library since 2001.She continues a longtime involvement with the Southern Poverty Law Center because she says, “They are very, very important and keep track of all hate groups and take them to court when necessary.” The Partnership with Native Americans and the Red Cloud Indian School also remain important to her. “And locally, there’s so much need: fuel, homelessness, housing, food shortage.”  Before her husband Worth’s death in 2009, the couple established at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine the Interprofessional Education Initiative, now known as The Daniels Initiative. “John Burton and Worth were into gerontology many years ago, before it became so important. They were concerned about those who didn’t have the means or a family to help them, people who depended solely on their doctors, nurses and pharmacists. With the Schools of Medicine and Nursing at Hopkins and Notre Dame of Maryland’s School of Pharmacy, we set up a program where professionals would get together, discuss what they were doing and how they could work together for the patient.”Key to longevity of engagement: Good genes. My sister and I are both in our 90s. I’ve never tried anything special. I do things to keep my mind active: jigsaw puzzles, reading, bridge. It would be difficult to be solitary. I interact with others as much as possible. Zoom has been a wonderful thing for the elderly. (I don’t like that term.) That’s very important. My point of view is, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”Current Challenge: The daily challenges of living, as my eyes are going bad, and I no longer drive.