Francis Home and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Martha in her last years. Visitation: 9-11 a.m. and 12-1:30 p.m.-Nazareth Court Both of Lorettas parents died of cancer by the time she was ten years old. Sister Caryl returned to Fond du Lac in 2000 to work first as an employed nurse and then a volunteer CNA at Hospice Home of Hope. From 1954-1959, she was a faculty member at Sacred Heart High School, Yonkers, New York. Loretta entered St. Agnes Convent in 1939 and attended St. Agnes High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. 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. Zacherl Funeral Home is serving the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, DownloadSister Donna's obituaryas a PDF. Martina entered St. Agnes Convent, Fond du Lac, from Antonino, Kansas, in August 1939. Download Sister Margaretta Ehrlich's bio. 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. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center and Hospice Hope for their devoted care of Sister Mary. Descarga en espaol. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery in Fond du Lac. There she spent her days volunteering and assisting in numerous ways to enhance the life of the sisters. Descarga en espaol. Father Larry Abler, Capuchin, will be the presider. Descarga en espaol. Mary entered the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes, Fond du Lac, in September 1966. Burial will take place at St. Catherine Cemetery, Catherine, KS, at a date to be determined. Sister is survived by her brother Andrew (Jacqueline) Miller; her sisters Frances Gruss and Naureen (Carl) Ehinger; nieces and nephews; and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. There, her nursing services continued, as she would often spend her days crocheting baby caps for the newborns at St. Agnes Hospital. Sister Deborah was working as a counselor for students in the Working Families Grant Program when serious health issues caused her to resign her position in May of 2022 and seek care at Nazareth Court and Center until the time of her death. She particularly enjoyed photographing natural beauty and delighted in creating and sharing her Roseprints~greeting cards and framed art designed with her photos. Obituaries; Give. She initiated a Catholic Young Writers Club for elementary students in the early 1950s. THE LETTER A Message for our Earth Watch video: https://youtu.be/Rps9bs85BII Care of Our Common Home! Sister is survived by her brother Leroy Spielbauer, her sister Carol Konetzke, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. Throughout her life Sister pursued further education to enhance and broaden her professional preparation. DownloadSister Bertha Ann Miller's obituaryas a PDF. Sister Ruth Ann earned her B.S. Descarga la obituario en espaol, Give a donation in honorofSister Joan Fisher. The Church gives us this time apart from life as usual as an opportunity to turn our lives around, to begin something new. She professed her vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1953, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She assisted in the archives of the Sisters of St. Agnes before moving in 1985 to Nazareth Heights where she generously offered support for other residents. Downloadthe booklet for the Liturgy of Christian Burialas a PDF. At the age of 91, with 57 of those years having been lived in Nicaragua, Sister Colette became a light that will continue to accompany us and illuminate our path in the process of continuing to build a more just world. Sister was a gentle, helpful and friendly person. Burial will be at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at a later date. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 14, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 1:30 p.m. at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Later her father married Rose Befort, a widow with two children. Cremation has taken place. In October 2003, Sister Rose Andr joined the community of sisters at Nazareth Court and Center in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. After her 8th grade graduation, Deborah, feeling called to learn more about religious life, chose to enroll in the high school program sponsored by the sisters (Aspirancy) and attended St. Marys Springs Academy, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, graduating in 1967. Sister Marie ministered for 27 years in parish schools in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center/St. To view live prayer services and funeral Masses, visit Live Streaming. Remembering Sister Marie St. Joseph Santry (1931 - 2023) After completing her years in educational ministry, she worked for seven years at St. Bernard Parish, Madison, Wisconsin, making pastoral visits to the elderly. There is no visitation. She also taught theology and Scripture in Nicaragua and Honduras during her winter breaks, gave numerous presentations on women in religion and did applied research on the future of religious associates in her own congregation and the broader Church. She received a Certificate as a Food Service Director from Fontbonne College, Clayton, Missouri, and a Certificate in the Nutritional Care of the Elderly from the University of Wisconsin Science Center. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center/St. Mary Therese was born in Chicago, IL, on April 25, 1928, the oldest of five surviving children, four daughters and one son, in the family of Dennis Francis McMahon and Bridie Margaret Guthrie. 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 Judith in her final years. She received an MA in Education, with a minor in history, from Marygrove College, Detroit, MI, in 1973. She began by serving as a head nurse and night supervisor at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Please check-in for the Visitation at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Sister Collean Walsh CSA, baptized Mary Teresa, died peacefully July 6, 2022, at Nazareth Center in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Burial took place on April 12, 2018, at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. Her service in Nicaragua completed, she returned to East Harlem, New York, as a community organizer and coordinator of family health programs. Since our arrival in California in 1924, the Sisters of Notre Dame have founded and administered in more than 20 schools. She retired to Fond du Lac in 2005, residing at St. Agnes Convent and volunteering until she moved to assisted living at Nazareth Court and Center. She founded or had leadership roles in several professional organizations serving musicians in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Descarga en espaol. There she enjoyed using her many artistic and creative talents, especially quilting and decorating, to enhance the life of the Sisters, staff, and visitors. Rita always expressed gratitude to her aunt, uncle and their two girls who opened their home to Robert and his daughters. Joanne attended St. Johns Elementary School in Waunakee, staffed by the Sisters of St. Agnes. She professed her vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1952, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The presider will be Father Ken Smits, Capuchin. The Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Dolores will be held on October 1, 2021, at 2:00 pm in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin with Bishop Paul Schmitz, Capuchin, presiding. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2:15 p.m. on January 30, 2019, at St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Beginning in 1972, she served as principal and administrator of schools in Wisconsin, including the Consolidated Parochial Elementary School (CPES), Marytown area, now known as Holyland Catholic School, and in rural Kansas. In 1953, St. Agnes Hospital recognized the need to open an Occupational Therapy Department. All funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Nazareth Court and Center Chapel, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She re-entered St. Agnes Convent in August 1966 and made her first profession of vows as Sister Sara in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1967, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. When her health began to decline, Sister moved to Nazareth Court and Center until a recent illness necessitated her transfer to St. Francis Home. Sister Mary Louise returned to her birthplace, Hays, KS, in 1989 to care for her father and to volunteer as a primary teacher aide, library assistant, childcare provider, and foster grandparent at St. Joseph School in Hays, now known as Holy Family Elementary School. Our Lady of Good Counsel. While deeply proud of her Kansas roots, she loved to travel and visit historical sites across the country often riding for days on a bus to reach her destination. She was both a teacher and principal at St. Joes School near Johnsburg, Wisconsin, and at St. Josephs School in Berlin, Wisconsin. From 1993 2009, Sister Deborah served her CSA community as an elected General Councilor for eight years; Vocation Director; member of the Congregations formation team; and as the Director of Development. Sister Mary graduated from Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1969 with a BS in Education. Father Ken Smits, Capuchin, will be the presider. The Sisters of Notre Dame are an international congregation of women religious who serve the Church in seventeen countries on six continents. Descarga la obituario en espaol, Give a donation in honorofSister Bertha Bumann. Sister Rose also was employed at Marian College for seven years as Assistant to the Academic Dean and Assistant to the Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Among her other pursuits while in Memphis, Sister Ann took flying lessons, training to become a licensed pilot. After re-entering the congregation, she assisted for a year in the Hispanic ministry sponsored through St. Louis Parish in Fond du Lac. Sister Clare Marie made her profession of vows in the Congregation of St. Agnes on August 15, 1935. After one year at Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Sister transferred to St. Agnes School of Nursing, Fond du Lac, in 1948 and graduated as a licensed registered nurse in 1951. She is survived by her sister Rose Dreyer, her brother-in-law, Dr. Robert Weber, her devoted nieces and nephews, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. 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. Sister Janice ministered as an elementary teacher from 1953-2004 in Wisconsin, Kansas, and Illinois. Nancy entered St. Agnes Convent in 1948 and attended St. Agnes High School. . Please enter a valid email address with the format youraddress@yourdomain. Her family always believed their two angels were watching over them. Download Sister Rose Waters' obituary. A private Memorial Mass will be held on January 12, 2021, in the Nazareth Center Chapel, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, with Father Kenneth Smits, Capuchin, presiding. Sister is survived by her sisters, Monica (Jack) Roltgen, Susan Braun, Rosie (Bob) Baker, Magdalene Mayer, Kathy Smits; her brothers Frank (Anne) Kramer, Leo (Chris) Kramer; her brothers-in-law John Wible and Peter Woeshnick; several nieces and nephews and their families, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. Of her 54 years devoted to music education, half were spent in Fond du Lac; Sister taught music at St. Marys Springs Academy for 5 years and was an instructor of music at Marian College for 22 years. Sister Elizabeth Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Michael and Elizabeth Bauer Thiel; her sisters, Dorothy (Leander) Schmidt and Laurina (Roland) Breit; her brothers, Norbert (Evelyn) Thiel and Clarence (Clara) Thiel. Her places of ministry included Evanston, Illinois; Decatur and Fort Wayne, Indiana; West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sister Gonzaga was preceded in death by her parents Lloyd Hron and Florence Gonnering Hron, her brother Lloyd, Jr., and her brother-in-law Ronald Ruplinger. Sister Mary Dennis was preceded in death by her parents, Dennis Francis McMahon and Bridie Margaret McMahon; her brother Vincent; and her sisters Margaret Frances McMahon, Joan Detloff and Isabelle DaPrato. Private burial services will be held at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. St. Louis, MO 63125. Be the first to post a memory or condolences. The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be at 2:00 p.m., in St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on August 4, 2017. Failing health necessitated her move to St. Francis Home in November 2020 where she received care until the time of her death. While attending joint formation programs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with women from other religious communities, she met the Sisters of St. Agnes and felt drawn to their spirit and mission. She is survived by her sister Florence Dwyer and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. In the fall of 1986, she joined the education department at Marian College of Fond du Lac, guiding student teachers and assisting with the evening adult education programs. In 1998, she moved with the retired sisters from Nazareth Heights to Nazareth Court and Center where she shared actively in the life of the community until shortly before her death. She was the eighth child in a family of twelve, including eight girls and four boys. She then accepted the position of chaplain at Providence Hospital in Mobile providing pastoral care and presence for seven years (1992-1999). Her final years of educational ministry were spent at St. Michaels Parish in Plymouth, Indiana, where she worked with the kindergarten class and directed religious education programs for children and adults. She became a Religious Education Director and a Pastoral Minister for 19 years in Arizona, California, and New Mexico, especially cherishing her time on the Gila River Reservation. She made her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1943. in Counseling and Psychology from Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, in 1983. Why Give. Sister Vivian was preceded in death by her parents Alphonse Schmidtberger and Clara (Graf) Schmidtberger; her brothers Linus Schmidtberger and Michael Schmidtberger; her sisters Hermina Roth, Angelita Schmidtberger, Hubertine Schultz and Mary Schmidtberger. Caryl began playing piano and violin in 4th grade. To her surprise, Mother Angeline invited her to enter the community the following week. 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