sisters of st francis obituaries

Sister Rachel was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Agnes Doerfler, her brothers Alfred and Marvin, her sisters Lucille Befort, Isabel Gabel, Mildred Fitzgerald, and Edna Brown. After her mothers early death, Rose held a job and shared the responsibility for raising her brothers. Sister Mary Hornung, CSA, baptized Marilyn Hornung, died peacefully January 25, 2019, at St. Francis Home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister was also active in the local Hays community as a hospice volunteer, a volunteer for the Community Assistance Center, and a board member for the Mary Elizabeth Maternity Home. Following graduation, Patti worked as a financial analyst for five years at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, sponsored by the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother. She completed her ministry at Marian in the role of College Health Nurse. and Good Samaritan Hospital for ten years. Sister served 27 years as an elementary school teacher, spending many of those years at James Lavelle School in West Mifflin and St. Valentine, Bethel Park. A committal service and burial took place at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery on October 6, 2017. Gifted with artistic creativity and a love of science, she contributed student projects to the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science for several years. In 1978, Sister turned her focus to leadership in religious education. Martina was born in Ellis, Kansas, on January 2, 1924, to Fred Kuhn and Catherine Befort Kuhn. Sister Vivian returned to Nicaragua in 1984 serving first in pastoral ministry in Bele n, Rivas, followed by seven years devoted to the formation of young Nicaraguan women preparing to enter the congregation. Descargar la obituario en espaol, Give a donation in honor ofSister Rose Andr Miller. In January 2015, Sister Elizabeth Ann moved to Fond du Lac and joined the sister residents living at Nazareth Court and Center until frail health necessitated her move to St. Francis Home. Sister Barbara received her Bachelor of Arts and Masters degree from Duquesne University. Visitation will be held at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, WI from 10:00 11:00 a.m. and from 12:00 -1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Sister Gonzagas other love was care for Earth: preservation of natural resources, restoration of prairies and beautifying areas that all could enjoy. Zacherl Funeral Home is serving the Congregation of St. Agnes. She loved sharing her knowledge with all her students. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. She had four brothers and five sisters. Her volunteer ministries included: tutor for Fond du Lac Adult Literacy Program; facilitator and mentor in the Getting Ahead Program sponsored by the St. Vincent De Paul Society; and spiritual care volunteer at Hospice Home of Hope. Among her other pursuits while in Memphis, Sister Ann took flying lessons, training to become a licensed pilot. She is survived by her sister Gerry Lou OConnor, her nieces and nephews, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. Sister received a license in dietary service from M.P.T.I. Published by Syracuse Post Standard from May 30 to Jun. In 1953, St. Agnes Hospital recognized the need to open an Occupational Therapy Department. Sister served as a general council member for the congregation from 1969-1973. The Assisi Heights Spirituality Center provides spiritual and educational resource programs which reflect the mission of the Sisters of Saint Francis to be a compassionate presence for peace in our world, striving for justice and reverence for all creation by providing a place of hope, prayer, reflection and enrichment. Bereneice entered St. Agnes Convent in 1950. DownloadSister Bertha Bumann's obituaryas a PDF. She is survived with great fondness by her nine nieces, one nephew, their families, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed, and ministered. Sister Rita Jansen, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 94, died on Thursday, November 17, 2022 at Villa St. Joseph in La Crosse, Wisconsin. During her years as an educator, she enriched her teaching and religious education skills with several courses and seminars at Ft. Hays State University, Hays, Kansas and at Silver Lake College, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Regular mission trips to the villages along the Coco River always held a special place in Sisters heart. Cremation has taken place. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center, St. Francis Home, and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Beata during her final years. There will be a prayer service for Sister Martina at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Now 89 years old, they were born in Brooklyn 15 minutes apart. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Even though she missed the wheat fields of Kansas and the life she shared with her family, her call to religious life beckoned her to Wisconsin and CSA. She then served for twenty years as the bookkeeper for The Leo House in New York City. DownloadSister Bertha Ann Miller's obituaryas a PDF. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. All funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Nazareth Court and Center Chapel, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Donna spent her childhood keeping up with her brothers, doing farm and household chores, and learning very fast how to play baseball and football with the best. She had four sisters and six brothers. While serving in these various roles, Sister Grace Ann also enjoyed the community life experiences she shared with other CSA sisters living and ministering in the Mobile area. Sister Francis Assisi was preceded in death by her parents Joseph Pielmeier and Frances Steinbeiser Pielmeier; her brother Joseph; and sisters Frances, Rita Samarzija, Rosemarie Gerhart, and Clara Karl. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on November 3, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She was the second of a family of five children. Sister Joan is survived by her sisters Agnes Breitzman and Harriet Weisenberger, her nieces and nephews, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed, and ministered. in Education and embarked on a ministry in education that lasted 29 years. Her maternal grandparents raised Marie until Anton remarried when Marie was still very young. Francis Home and to Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Rebecca in her last years. Mary Catherine was one of fourteen children./p>, Sister Mary Catherine professed vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1952. To keep current with her varied ministries, Sister participated in workshops and courses in Spanish, pastoral ministry, and Native American culture. Maries mother, Mary, died shortly after childbirth. Memorials can be directed to the project Sister Ann founded and directed: Adelante Mujer/Advance Woman, 757 S. Main St., Suite 9, Fond du Lac, WI 54935. She grew up on her family farm with one brother and four sisters. Upon completing her role as General Superior, Sister Judith attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, taking courses in Adult Education and Governance in Higher Education. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center who cared for Sister Mary Dennis in her final years, and to all who provided care for her at St. Agnes Hospital. She began by serving as a head nurse and night supervisor at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Margaretta understood the power of music to touch the human spirit, cultivated her own musical giftedness, and devoted her lifes work to inviting students to value the arts, especially music. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. The Womens Center established in La Ceiba in 1995 is an enduring legacy to Sisters commitment to the empowerment of women. in Fond du Lac and a Baking Certificate from New York Restaurant School where she took classes in culinary arts. Following her service as general superior of CSA, Sister Mary continued to have an integral role in Leadership Conference of Women Religious and international organizations which promoted the mission of women religious into the future and those which addressed urgent issues for Catholic healthcare. Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia who have served at St. Stephen Church and School for decades wave to grateful parishioners during a May 16 farewell event in Bradshaw, Baltimore County. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. For the following twenty years she did parish ministry in Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, and New Mexico. Father Larry Abler, Capuchin, will be the presider. Food has always been a go-to for people in mourning. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Mary Alice will be held on December 2, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, with Father Kenneth Smits, Capuchin presiding. A native of Pittsburgh, Sister Louise Marie attended St. Agnes School and St. Casimirs High School prior to entering the congregation in 1964. When she retired from the field of education, she volunteered at the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital gift shop and as an office assistant for the apartments where she lived. She was one of six children including one boy and five girls. She is survived by her brother, Ronald (Pam) Walters; her sisters Rosemary (Ernest) Gerstner, Leona (George) Fross, and Janet (Jude) Gerstner; hundreds of nieces, nephews, and their families; and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed, and ministered. From her father, Caryl learned to love nature and the outdoors, while her mother instilled in her a love for music, dance and education. Sister Clare entered St. Agnes Convent in 1937 and made her first profession of vows on August 15, 1942. ln August of 1943, Mary entered St. Agnes Convent. Sister was an elementary school teacher for eleven years in Mayville and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; Des Plaines, Illinois; and East Harlem, Bronx, and Yonkers, New York. She also liked to share witty stories. Burial will be at a later date in St. Johns Church Cemetery, Waunakee, Wisconsin. Sister Joan of Arc served as a catechist at Transfiguration Parish in Maspeth, NY, where in her own words, it was her most memorable assignment, being a part of the parish and allowing me to be involved in all aspects of parish life. Sister is a graduate of Duquesne University, with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Education. She volunteered at the Fond du Lac Senior Center, St. Agnes Hospital, and as a counselor for the ADVOCAP Neighborhood Youth Corps. Sister Dorothy M. Smith, 86, teacher and administrator for Sisters of St. Francis. In 1972, she earned her MA in Theology from St. Mary University, San Antonio, Texas. Give a donation in honorofSister Rita Little. There she served as the sacristan for daily Masses, crocheted colorful scrubbies for craft sales, and accompanied sisters who were sick or near death. She was cared for at St. Francis Home until her death early Saturday morning, September 18. In March of 2016, Sister Collean joined the community of Sisters at Nazareth Court and Center remaining actively engaged in life up to the time of her death, motivated by her belief in the power of presence offering a smile, a prayer, and a word of encouragement to all. One of our ministries is prayer. She had 3 brothers and 3 sisters. Sister Mary Catherine ministered throughout her life in food services at St. Joseph Orphanage in Baraga, Michigan, and in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at St. Marys Springs Academy, St. Agnes Convent, and Boyle Apostolic Center. Sister Suzanne was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Helen Kotel; her brothers Raymond, John, Robert, Paul, James, Martin, William, and Eugene; her sisters Evelyn, Josephine, and Helen. Sister James Francis was born in Meadville, PA, on April 2, 1925, the daughter of the late James Francis and Luella (Duffy) Mulligan. Mary Ellen graduated from St. Marys Springs Academy in 1936. A pioneer in individualized instruction, Sister Ruth Ann authored the book, Games for Individualizing Learning, which was published in 1976. Memorials can be directed to the CSA Mission Advancement Office, 320 County Road K, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Bereneice, the daughter of George and Ruth Allain Baudry, was born on April 14, 1933, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Alice wanted to be a teacher from an early age, hoping to develop better methods to help children learn than those from her own experience of rote learning amid strict discipline. DownloadSister Mary Hornung's obituary. She taught in elementary schools in Wisconsin including six years as principal and teacher at St. Bernards School, Watertown, Wisconsin. Visitation for Sister Mary Lee will be at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on Friday, October 5, 2018, beginning at 9:00 a.m. A prayer service will follow in Nazareth Center Chapel at 11:00 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on Friday, October 5, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center, St. Francis Home, and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Bertha Ann in her final years of life. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center, St. Francis Home, and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Rachel. A Mass of Christian Burial with cremated remains present will take place on September 6, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Miriam Racas, a Sister of St. Francis of the Providence of God for 81 years, died at the age of 97 on May 16, 2022. SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS - Home "We, the Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, Oldenburg, are women of prayer, committed to the Gospel values as lived by St. Francis and Mother Theresa Hackelmeier. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. After graduation from Messmer High School in Milwaukee in 1964, Mary chose to enter St. Agnes Convent in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, making her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes as Sister Doreen on August 15, 1967. Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi, School Sisters of Notre Dame and the Sisters of St. Agnes. Sister Colette (Donald Marie/Mara) Hartman died on August 8, 2019 in Managua, Nicaragua. Sister Mary Louise Pfannenstiel, CSA, formerly known as Sister Theodore, died unexpectedly and peacefully February 1, 2022, at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, WI. Marie was then blessed with two half-brothers. After her years as educator, Sister ministered in pastoral care at St. Agnes Hospital and the Central Wisconsin Cancer Center from 1998 until she became a resident at Nazareth Court and Center in 2016. in Nursing from Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1961. From 1978 1986, she worked in the Business Office of St. Marys Springs High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Beginning in 1948, Sister Francis Assisi devoted thirty years to leadership in teacher education at Marian College. Sister Colombiere was preceded in death by her parents Ferdinand Revelant and Domenica Valente Revelant; her sisters Elsie Inkmann, Mary Light, and Angeline Sadowski. For more information, please contact Sister Mary Jane at 414-385-5246 or mjwagner@sssf.org. Give a donation in honor ofSister Gonzaga Hron. Search Las Vegas obituaries and condolences, hosted by Echovita.com. Frail health led her to move to St. Francis Home in 2020 where she received loving care until the time of her death. In San Antonio, Sister Annette served not only as a staff pharmacist and faculty practitioner in a teaching hospital, but also as a mentor sharing values and skills with less-experienced pharmacists at a County facility dedicated to care of impoverished clients. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Francis W. Scanlon II to pay them a last tribute. Unable to serve the sisters as before, she herself became a resident at Nazareth Court and Center and later at St. Francis Home where she received loving care until the time of her death. 5, 2021. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. Sister Rose received a BA in Sociology and Business Administration from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and an MSW in Clinical Social Work from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. Barbara Rose Miskelly, CSA, baptized Kathleen Mary, died peacefully November 29, 2018, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Gonzaga (Louise LaVern) Hron died on March 20, 2019, at St. Agnes Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, July 8, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She enrolled at St. Catherine College, St. Paul, Minnesota, during the academic year 1982-83 and received a certificate in pastoral ministry at the completion of the program. Cremation has taken place. She was a professor of education, director of teacher education and supervisor of student teaching. Please check-in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Download Sister Rose Waters' obituary. A public Celebration of Sister Judiths Life will be held at a future date. Louise was born in West Bend, Wisconsin, on June 7, 1945, to Lloyd R. and Florence C. Gonnering Hron. She worked full-time there as an operating room nurse while studying for a degree in nursing at Loyola University. Recalling this time, she wrote, Bless the Lord for all the good He has done for me.. She was admitted to St. Francis Home with hospice care on Friday, September 17, 2021, following hospitalization for a serious illness. In 1969, she was appointed Apostolic Councilor for the congregation, assisting in educational planning and personnel placement for CSA. In May 2018, Sister Caryl joined the community of sisters at Nazareth Court and Center in Fond du Lac where, until the time of her death, she continued to inspire all who knew her with her passion for life, diversity, and social justice along with her love for Gods beautiful creation. A Memorial Mass for Sister Agnes will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She was teacher and principal at St. Ignatius School, Houghton, Michigan; St. Zachary School, Des Plaines, Illinois; and St. Patricks School, Hudson, Wisconsin. Sister Collean is remembered with great love by her students, their parents, and her faculty members to this day. She is survived by her community, the Sisters of St. Francis of the Providence of God, her brother Vincent (Greta) Yurksaitis, and several beloved nieces and nephews. Sister moved to Kansas in 1982 working first in the Good Samaritan Center in Hays as a Music Therapist, Volunteer Coordinator, and Day Care Coordinator.

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