Sister Rita was born on August 12, 1928 in Early, Iowa to Elizabeth (Faber) and Leo Jansen. Sister Betty Shakal, FSPA, 87, died May 3, 2021 at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, Wisconsin. In eighth grade she shared her call with her parents, who were very supportive. Her adoration was always the first priority in her day while at St. Rose Convent. Sister Jean maintained connection with her foreign exchange brother and sister throughout her life, even visiting them abroad. Her final days of retirement were at Villa St. Joseph. Angel, Ore. She never missed an opportunity to share the good things in life with others. Sister Clara Mae was born in Guttenberg, Iowa to John and Hildegarde (Lake) Kuempel on March 25, 1932. In 1998, Sister Margaret Ann officially retired from teaching, but continued to volunteer at the parish and school at Our Lady of the Lake in Ashland. Jubilarians: Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OSF) Submitted October 4, 2019 | 3:46 PM 50th First Profession Sister Renita Brummer Birth name: Jeanette Birthplace: Effingham, Ill. After a year, she resigned again from the Salvation Army and formally entered the congregation and made first vows in 1986 as an FSPA. With a sense of humility and pride, she enjoyed many years of service to families through the Salvation Army. She made her first profession of vows on August 12, 1961. She always showed upfor events, parties, fundraisers, meetings and assorted other occasions. During her time in Spokane, Sister Patricia was part of the Provisional Province, an experimental group within the congregation, for a few years. They desired to transfer from the congregation and become members of the Franciscan . She was in the 73rd year of her religious profession. Sister Victoria, born by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Jun 10, 2021 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. Saint of the Day. The Rev. Born on October 12, 1930 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, Frances Lorraine was the youngest of six children of Fredrick and Catharine Estella (Murphy) Yanisch. Our podcast guests, Sister Nancy and Sister Joyce, talk about what the Sacred Heart means to them, as Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart. In 1999, she was officially incorporated as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration. After entering the FSPA congregation, Sister Joanne continued her ministry as a family counselor, both at Salvation Army and at Love Church Services Network in Spokane. She professed first vows on Aug. 12, 1955. In 2008 she moved to Villa St. Joseph and served as a volunteer there until her health began to fail. Her mother worked as a stenographer. List of Sisters, Brothers, Priests. From 1963 to 1968, Sister Bernadette ministered as superintendent of Catholic schools on the island of Guam, returning there at the request of the Bishop in 1971 for another five years. By her junior year, she had decided to enter religious life. In her spare time she became very involved in woodcarving, a hobby she took with her to St. Rose Convent in 2008 when she retired there. Sister Rosile taught eight years in middle schools in Wisconsin (Wausau, Plum City and Ashland) and Iowa (Luxemburg and Festina) and one year at DePadua High School in Ashland, Wisconsin. Music was an integral part of the Sheridan family life. Her favorite teacher (a Sister of St. Francis of Clinton, Iowa) had a deep devotion to Mary. Sister Lois Lobdell, FSPA, 97, died Thursday, August 27, 2020, of natural causes at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse. Our dear Sister Victoria took flight and went home to the Lord on Sunday, July 4, 2021. No grave photo. Her keen mind could question and analyze any situation. She was the second eldest in her family which included two brothers and four sisters. The sisters of Mother of Good Counsel and Our Lady of the Angels Convents in Chicago, IL, celebrated the Jubilarians of 2021 on Saturday, May 22. She later went back to her baptismal name. She then returned to Tulsa, where she again ministered to the elderly at St. Marys Parish and served as campus minister at Tulsa University. Because of her keen eye, one could also count on Sister Patricia to know the latest on political issuesand to encourage prayer and political action. Sister Bernadette earned a bachelors degree in English with a minor in music from Viterbo College (University), then earned a masters degree in English with a minor in Latin from Notre Dame University, and finally received a Ph.D. in English from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She had a quick wit and always had a come back for everything. The FSPA community is grateful for her leadership, especially in leading the congregation into the world of social security and investment. Friends, family and community members fondly remember Sister Sandra as a warm, gentle, caring person with a heart for those in need, and a grand laugh. During that time, she took additional bookkeeping courses at Indiana University. Almost every day at St. Rose Convent, Sister Gertrude could be found in the Adoration Chapel praying for her family, friends, religious community and, of course, the needs of the world. She then moved to Boise, Idaho where she did bookkeeping for a construction company. After retiring, while teaching ESL, she began learning Chinese in order to better communicate with her students. She wanted to do things differently! Read inspiring reflections from our sisters and keep up-to date . Born on March 18, 1926, near St. Lucas, Iowa, Sister Joselda was the oldest daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Schmitt) Hageman. Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois in 1917, she entered the Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in 1930 and by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Feb 16, 2017 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. She was the eldest of six children. Sister Mary Clare Bernet, O.S.F., and Sister Mary Robert Bernet, O.S.F., are Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. Sister Margaret Ann entered St. Rose Convent in 1945. After completing her doctorate, she returned to Viterbo as assistant professor of Spanish from 1990 to 1993. Upon her graduation from the eighth grade, she announced to her parents that she would like to go to the convent. She continued her ministry serving part-time as a healthcare provider for another ten years for Comfort Home Health Care, also in Rochester. She was an excellent teacher who encouraged and inspired her students. She loved life and the gifts God gave her during each phase of life. Later she went back toher baptismal name, Karolyne. She then moved to St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin and began her journey as a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA), completing her secondary education at St. Rose High School. She was an elementary school teacher for the majority of her active religious life, teaching grades one through four. The last seven years, before her retirement to Villa St. Joseph in 2005, were spent in Hiawatha, Iowa, volunteering at Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center and at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, where she worked with senior citizens. Born on June 20, 1939, in Festina, Iowa, Joan Marie was the youngest of Nicholas and Rosalia Imoehl Hagemans 11 children. Sister Rita then worked at Henry Field Store in Storm Lake as a salesperson and typist until 1952. The sixth died on Oct. 29 and the most recent two died on Nov. 6. Sister Rose Marie Przybylowicz, OSF, passed away September 9, 2022. Our Franciscan spirituality calls us to live the gospel life discovered through contemplation and action, recognizing that All are one and in respect for all of God's creation. She later went back to her baptismal name. Franciscan Sister Elaine Urbanek passes away December 27, 2022, at the age of 99 years. During the seventh grade at St. Marys School in Auburndale, Sister Dorothy began hearing a faint call to religious life. She taught high school and was assistant principal in West Point (1958 1966) and Lansing (1966 1973), Iowa. She taught Spanish at Wayne State College in Nebraska for a year before transferring to Viterbo University in La Crosse as a Spanish instructor in 1985. In 1989, she was elected Regional Assistant for the FSPA Eastern Region (now Marywood Spirituality Center) in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin; four years later, she was elected Regional Leader. Sister Ladonna moved back into congregational ministry as FSPA Director of Development from 1987 to 2012, when she became Congregational Secretary and Director of Planned Giving. However, Sister Margaret did not enter the Benedictines nor the Little Falls Franciscans. For the next 21 years, from 1981 to 2002, Sister Margaret again used her teaching skills as a religious education teacher, tutor and parish visitor at St. Marys in Hurley, Wisconsin. On October 27, 2021, Sister Gale Bednarek, our resident Scripture scholar, left us for the fullness of Gods light and love. Sister Pats love for music and keen musical ability served as the basis for much of Sister Pats ministry. In addressing all aspects of creation as either Sister or Brother, Francis demonstrated his desire to be in relationship with all of creation. Her personality radiated compassion. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Dorothy Ann for her delightful smile, sense of humor and positive attitude toward life along with the great care she provided to Sister Thea during her life and the assistance she gave Sister Theas legacy after her death. Friars Minor. In 2007, she moved to Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse, ministering as a volunteer to the community until 2019. At the end of her time at Viterbo, Sister Anita was invited to serve as an FSPA representative on the inter-congregational coordinating team for the preparation and celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the congregation. While at Viterbo, Sister Jean volunteered at the federal prison at Oxford, Wisconsin as a retreat leader, mentor and friend to inmates. For almost 30 years she ministered in junior and senior high schools as a teacher and principal in Wisconsin, Washington, Guam and Montana. She once commented that she thought she learned how to rip the same afternoon she learned how to sew. For recreation, Scrabble was her passion, along with a good card game now and then. 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There was a problem volunteering for this cemetery. Shethen served as director of religious education at Sacred Heart Religious Education Center in Palos Hills, Illinoisfor four years. She loved her family and especially enjoyed visiting them and receiving visits from them. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Rosile as always having a smile for everyone. From 1985 to 2005, she served as a remedial teacher at David School, a small alternative high school in the coal-mining hills of Kentucky. Her long-held desire to work with the disadvantaged then led to a position as a reading specialist in Maplewood, Minnesota and resource manager in Minneapolis. Community members, family and friends, remember Sister Jean as someone that always loved life in any of its aspects. She taught for 33 years in elementary schools in Iowa, Washington, Oregon and Wisconsin. December 2, 2022. In October, 1968, Sister Sandra professed her first vows with the Consolata Missionary Sisters of Turin, Italy. In 2003 Sister Rosile retired and volunteered at Clare Center in Spokane. Her brothers and sisters teased her that she would miss gardening, playing baseball and driving a car, but the call persisted. Community members, family, and friends remember Sister Lois as a quiet, cheerful person, always ready to lend a helping hand. She had a deep and compassionate heart for the poor and had the most humble and human way of finding the poor in spirit and being one with them. Her delight was combining two of her passions: teaching and working with international students, as she spent many hours in retirement helping solve a math problem or chemistry equation. A second sister, Kathy, was born following the familys return to the States. Sister Betty is remembered for her love of God, life and teaching. She professed first vows on August 6, 1935. She was always exploring the latest spiritual book or philosophy. Sister Sandras primary ministry prior to joining FSPA was serving as a midwife in Tanzania and Kenya. She was a quiet person who had an avid interest in world affairs. The Bernardine Center Times. She often talked about her wonderful five years in Guam, where she would say she learned more from her high school students than she probably taught them. will officiate and burial will be in the convent cemetery. Sister Francis Marie Vallone, 96, was Franciscan nun for 75 years 21 News Local Police & Courts Business Politics State & Regional History National World Multimedia COVID-19 News Tip. She later returned to her baptismal name. After receiving a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Viterbo College (University), La Crosse, she continued her education with a Masters in Music Education from DePaul University, Chicago. Black History Month: Hope Restores extends a challenge. Remembering Sr. Mary Elizabeth Glueckstein Wheaton Franciscans October 3, 2022 She completed her high school at St. Rose High School in La Crosse. You will no longer be notified of photo requests for this cemetery. Yermo High School in El Paso. Our dear Sister Loraine went to her rest in the arms of our loving God on August 19. From1953 to 1954, she served as cashier at Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and from 1954 to 1958 at St. Francis Hospital (MCHS-FH), La Crosse. Sister Jean Moore, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 67, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was in the68thyear of her religious profession. Sister Bernadette Prochaska, FSPA, 88, died Wednesday morning, January 6, 2021 of pancreatic cancer at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse, Wisconsin. During the annual three-day retreat of her senior year, she admitted to herself she was called to religious life. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Geralyn as a kind, quiet person who always loved children, music and the parishioners at St. Joseph. This academic year she still served as chaplain for the Viterbo University womens basketball team. In 1991, the FSPA sponsored a Chair in Global Education at Viterbo University. Sister Donna shared vivid memories of growing up in their beautiful farm home surrounded by rolling hills. She served as chaplain at St. Marys Hospital in Centralia, Ill., 1991 to 1995. In the picture above, Sr. Karen (left) and Sr. Loretta (right) "God has constantly been our companion on the journey as we walked with much joy..". Her family moved to a farm near Storm Lake, Iowa in 1947. Friends, family and community members remember Sister Joanne as having a quiet, loving heart for the poor, especially the elderly poor. While at Viterbo, she was asked to create furnishings for the expanded St. Francis Chapel, situated below Mary of the Angels Chapel at St. Rose Convent. Her first two years of grade school were at St. Jude the Apostle School in Wauwatosa. Sister Ladonna Kassmeyer, FSPA, 84, died Monday night, August 3, 2020, of a massive heart attack at Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, La Crosse, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated, it had become Regis High School. August 16, 1935 - July 10, 2020 IN THE CARE OF Whalen & Ball Funeral Home Sister Maureen Kelly, FSP, formerly known as Sr. John Agnes, was the second child of four born in New York City to John and Agnes Kelly. Her father served as Spokane City Treasurer until his retirement. From daycare for loved ones who suffer from dementia, to rehabilitation centers for recovery from surgery . Sister Sandra was born to Carroll and June (Nicholson) DeMann on October 12, 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the eldest of four children. She was in the eighty-first year of her religious profession. She was in the sixty-first year of her religious profession. After attending the Creation Spirituality Program in Oakland, California, Sister Donna served on the retreat staff at Holy Cross Center in Merrill, Wisconsin. Upon completion of a bachelors degree in elementary education from Viterbo College (University), Sister Lois entered the teaching profession. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in English from Viterbo College (University) and an MS in Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati. Community members, family, colleagues and friends remember Sister Joan as a happy, joy-filled person, always ready for any invitation to explore something new. From 1986 to 1989, Sister Margaret Ann served as Director of Development of Catholic Schools for the Superior Diocese. Upon her retirement, the executive director of David School, Danny Greene, summed up her impact, Sister Mary Myron has truly been a gift from God. Sr. Mary Alodia Stozek was remembered on her 80th Jubilee. RUTH JASINSKI OBITUARY Sister Ruth Jasinski, 94, of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters Third Order Regular of St Francis, died on Monday morning, August 23, 2021, at Reading Hospital-Tower. She was in the seventy-fifth year of her religious profession. Proudly created with Wix.com. She ministered at St. Anthonys Hospital, Carroll, Iowa, Sacred Heart Hospital, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was Medical and Surgical Instructor at St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, La Crosse. She managed to turn every business trip into an adventure. She was the ninth of 10 children in her family, all born on the family farm. Her interest in becoming a sister was fostered by relatives in the FSPA congregation and her love of nature. There will be a memorial Mass and celebration of Sisters life at a later date. During that time, her roommate responded to a call to religious life. Growing up on the family farm, she enjoyed helping her mother with her five younger brothers. Sister Sandra DeMann, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 72, died of cardiac arrest Friday, May 22, 2020 at John C. Lincoln North Mountain Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Evelyn as a lively, generous person. Obituaries Franciscan Sister Anna Ahern dies at 91 Share this story Sister Anna Louise Aherne, O.S.F. She was an excellent teacher, a compassionate pastoral by Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help | Jun 5, 2017 | Franciscan Sisters News, Obituaries. Sister Lydia Wendl, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 101, died on Friday, January 27, 2023, at St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a Consolata sister, Sister Sandra received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Royal Lancaster School of Nursing in London, England and became a certified midwife through the Whipps-Cross School of Midwifery, also in London. She was always ready to share something with whomever she met, including candy from the bag constantly over her arm. She loved biking and walking anything to be out in Gods creation. Returning to her home in 1973 in Guttenberg to care for her father, Sister Clara Mae also ministered as an activities director and home care aid. From 2016 to 2019, Sister Jean was back at Viterbo University teaching classes in Franciscan Traditions and Values. She served as principal in both Carroll (St. Lawrence School) and Calmar. Sister Anita Marie was born in River Falls (Big River), Wisconsin on May 2, 1932, to Leo and Mildred (Maier) Beskar. Even after retiring to St. Rose Convent in 2000, Sister Gertrude assisted in the wellness center, accompanying sisters to doctor appointments and helping as needed. In later years, her contributions to liturgy, both work-related and in the FSPA community, served as major contributions to a Vatican II Church. Perhaps the most memorable is Sister Dorothy Anns loving care for those suffering with HIV/AIDS. She was in the sixty-eighth year of her religious profession. Rapnicki - Sister Mary David, FSSJ Sister Mary David died peacefully on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at St. Francis Park, in the 88th year of life and the 70th year of religious life. Sister Rita Marie was born the eighth of 14 children to Mathias and Emma (Dettling) Bechel on March 6, 1925, on a farm near Plum City, Wisconsin.