With the resourcefulness that characterized her throughout her life, she divided the household responsibilities with her next oldest sister, each one managing the tasks which best suited her ability. Download Sister Michaela OBrien's obituary. She is survived by her sister Mary Ann (Marie) Neuwald, nieces, nephews, cousins and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered. To view live prayer services and funeral Masses, visit Live Streaming. Sister Rachel Doerfler, CSA, baptized Mary Agnes Doerfler, died peacefully on December 11, 2020, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She was the eighth child in a family of twelve, including eight girls and four boys. Obituaries; Give. Young women who are interested in learning more about womens religious life are encouraged to schedule a visit with the sisters. In 1992, Sister Rita began serving as a certified nurse aide in home health care and hospice, first, at Berlin Homecare and St. Agnes Hospital Hospice, Berlin, Wisconsin, and later at Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Give a donation in honor ofSister Paul Ann Dinkel. Sister Cecelia earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1953. For 32 years she ministered as a homemaker for the Sisters of St. Agnes at a number of their mission houses in Wisconsin and New York. In 1972, she earned her MA in Theology from St. Mary University, San Antonio, Texas. She particularly enjoyed photographing natural beauty and delighted in creating and sharing her Roseprints~greeting cards and framed art designed with her photos. 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. She then served for twenty years as the bookkeeper for The Leo House in New York City. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. She opened the kindergarten program at Holy Family School, Bronx, New York, and the kindergarten and daycare programs for St. Josephs School in Decatur, Indiana. She remained interested in and involved in CSA community life and activities as much as she was able until close to the time of her death. Throughout her life, she treasured her childhood memories of a loving father, mother, and two siblings who nurtured her faith and taught her to be generous especially to those in need. Descarga la obituario en espaol, Give a donation in honorofSister Joan Fisher. Her commitment to the mission of the Sisters of St. Agnes and her professional studies enabled her to serve in a variety of roles as a teacher, a caseworker, a chaplain and, in her later years, as a CSA finance office clerk. In Fond du Lac, she worked on the nursing staff of St. Agnes Hospital, the Sisters Infirmary at St. Agnes Convent, and at the Boyle Home for the Aged. Phone: 314-561-4100. She helped teachers and tutored students in the school; visited the sick; phoned the elderly of the parish; assisted at St. Florians Fund Raisers; enjoyed the company in the 59ers Club with other senior parishioners; and acted as Eucharistic Minister and Lector during the Eucharistic Liturgies. Sister Collean taught every elementary grade beginning with her first position as second grade teacher at St. Lukes School in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Sister Kathleen was preceded in death by her parents and her brother Willard Schmitz. Visitation: The Sisters of St. Agnes and the Mollison family will receive those who wish to pay their respects on Monday, July 10, 2017, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 271 Fourth Street Way, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, beginning at 2:00 p.m. until the time of service. Memorials may be directed to the CSA Mission Advancement Office, 320 County Road K, Fond du Lac, WI, 54937. Prayer Service: 11 a.m., at Nazareth Center chapel Worcester - Sister Marie St. Henry Bedard, 90, of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, died Saturday, May 9, 2020, at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center, Worcester. Sister Colette Hartman, CSA, formerly Sister Donald Marie Hartman, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 1928. A burial service for Sister Mary Christopher was held on February 3, 2021, at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She made sure Jesse was receiving the love and attention needed to address her needs and to help her experience a family who cared for her. She taught business classes in secondary schools for 34 years in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and New York. She was food supervisor for one year at St. Johns Rest Home, Victoria, Kansas. Sister Michaela was preceded in death by her parents James H. OBrien and Estelle Stack OBrien; her brothers Thomas OBrien and James OBrien; and her sisters Florence Flood, Helen Gellings, and Alice Michels. After a year of sabbatical in Rock Haven, Missouri, in 1994, she engaged in a variety of ministries including serving on the parish team of Sacred Heart Parish in Colby, Kansas, and cooking for the residents at St. Johns New Horizons Assisted Living, Hays, Kansas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m., on January 27, 2017, at St. Francis Home Chapel, 33 Everett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Martha received a BS in Education from Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and an MA in Elementary Education and Administration from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. 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 Deborah Walter, CSA, died peacefully June 6, 2022, at Nazareth Center in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Neff, CSA, baptized Matilda Cecilia Neff, and formerly known as Sister Mary Donald, died peacefully on April 9, 2018, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Victoria continued her religious formation at St. Agnes Convent in Fond duLac, WI, from 1949-1951. Sister Clare was born in Tiffin, Ohio on August 24, 1923, to John Haman and Agnes Trausch Haman. In September of 1967, Deborah entered St. Agnes Convent. In 2014 Sister Rose returned to Fond du Lac where she energetically engaged in numerous opportunities to volunteer. Always a community-oriented woman, upon her retirement as an educator in 2001, Sister Mary Dennis remained in Chicago where while living with another Sister of St. Agnes she delighted in providing childcare during the day for two adopted children while their single mother served as principal in a local Catholic school. Bring only your determination to serve January 03, 2023, Holy Cross Province She was an assistant administrator and teacher at Beloit Catholic High School from 1967-1971. Burial will be at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at a later date. Descarga la obituario en espaol. Death: February 24, 2023 Our Mission Our mission is to proclaim the good news as School Sisters of Notre Dame, directing our entire lives toward that oneness for which Jesus Christ was sent. Martina entered St. Agnes Convent, Fond du Lac, from Antonino, Kansas, in August 1939. In April of 2019, Sister Patti became a resident at Nazareth Court and Center to receive care for her failing health. Sister Mary Alice was preceded in death by her parents; her stepmother; her sisters, Marcella (Ray) Dreiling, Cecelia (Clarence) Wolf, Catherine (Lex) Schmidt, Mary (Al) Pfeifer, Alice (Alfred) Windholz, Frances (Herbert) Schmidt, Rita Mae Walters, Wilma (George) Bieker, and Miriam Walters; her brothers Ralph (Anna Mae) Walters and Robert (Ernestine) Befort. Sister Grace Ann Feldbruegge, CSA, baptized Joanne, died peacefully February 18, 2023, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Beginning in 1948, Sister Francis Assisi devoted thirty years to leadership in teacher education at Marian College. During the 70s and 80s she continued advancing her education, earning credits in religion and school administration. January 5, 2023. She received a BS in Physical Education and Social Studies from UW-La Crosse in 1941. Please check-in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Visitation will be held at Nazareth Court and Center, 375 Gillett Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. and from 12:00 -1:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Give a donation in honorofSister Margaretta Ehrlich. Joan entered St. Agnes Convent in 1951 and made her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes as Sister Peter Damian on August 15, 1953. Give a donation in honorofSister Marie Endres. She went on to earn a Masters in Religious Education in 1976 from St. Meinrad College, Indiana. Sister Patricia Scanlan, CSA, formerly known as Sister Malachy, died peacefully May 16, 2018, at St. Francis Home. She was elected by the Sisters of St. Agnes to leadership for the congregation first as general vicar, then as general superior of CSA. She loved to dabble in genealogy, poetry, and sports. She had a heart for needy children and for the poor, evidenced each Sunday morning as she rode her bike to one of the poorest barrios of Puerto Cabezas to lead Scripture services. Zacherl Funeral Home is serving the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. Sister Vivian received a BS in Education from Marian College of Fond du Lac and earned a Masters in Christian Spirituality from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Please check in for the Visitation and Prayer Service at the 375 Gillett Street entrance only. Her places of ministry included Evanston, Illinois; Decatur and Fort Wayne, Indiana; West Milwaukee, Wisconsin. One of Sister Deborahs most treasured accomplishments was the foundation of the Working Families Grant at Marian University for low-income single parents struggling to support their families while attaining a bachelors degree. By the time Carol was in 6th grade, she knew she wanted to work in the healthcare field and become a nurse. Mary Ellen was born in Eden, WI, on January 15, 1920, to James H. OBrien and Estelle Stack OBrien. The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff of Nazareth Court and Center/St. Descarga en espaol. 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. 701 E. Columbia Avenue Sister Mary Mollison, CSA, died peacefully on June 30, 2017, at Hospice Home of Hope, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. While in high school, Sister Mary Martha worked as a nurses aide at a local hospital. 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 Loretta. Sister Mary Alice taught in elementary schools in Wisconsin and Kansas. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. Sister Helen was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Martha Renzelmann; her sisters Mary Hildegarde Blyth, Barbara Schrimpf, and Rose Ross. Loretta entered St. Agnes Convent in 1939 and attended St. Agnes High School in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Mary Helen Lichtle was born in Decatur, Indiana, on February 21, 1923, to Frank Lichtle and Viola Ulman. Shakopee, Minnesota After completing her ministry as a classroom teacher, she became a member of the Foster Grandmother Program and tutored in the Learning Resource Center at St. Marys Springs Academy for 17 years, until she became a resident of Nazareth Court and Center. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at a later date. She entered St. Agnes Convent in 1956 and made her profession of vows in the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on August 15, 1958, as Sister Mary Lee. A prayer service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, in the Nazareth Center Chapel. She is survived by her brother, Donald Menke, her sisters Ellen (Robert) Schanz and Kate Bakke, her nieces and nephews, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed, and ministered. Margaret Ann McKean was born in Adams County, Indiana, on August 1, 1935, to Millard McKean and Margaret Robinson McKean. She also earned a certificate in theology and religious education from St. Norberts College, De Pere, Wisconsin. For six years, she was an adjunct instructor in business education at Marian College, while serving as the local coordinator for the retired sisters at Boyle Apostolic Center in Fond du Lac. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery. Sister Patricia Scanlan was preceded in death by her parents William Scanlan and Irene Magill Scanlan; her brothers William (Bill) Scanlan and John (Jack) Scanlan; and her sisters Joan Dugandzic and Anne Lynch. Sister Colette (Donald Marie/Mara) Hartman died on August 8, 2019 in Managua, Nicaragua. She later was a clinical social worker for three years and director of materials management for six years at St. Agnes Hospital. Her commitment to the mission of the Sisters of St. Agnes and her academic and professional studies guided her as an educator, counselor, pastoral minister, diocesan consultant, and executive leader throughout her fifty-two years as a vowed woman religious. DownloadSister Mary Alice Walters'obituaryas a PDF. Her service in Nicaragua completed, she returned to East Harlem, New York, as a community organizer and coordinator of family health programs. Sister furthered her education at Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, earning an MA in Education and Psychology in 1946, and a PhD in Education in 1950. 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. Descarga en espaol. She first entered St. Agnes Convent in August of 1961 and left as a Junior Novice in 1963. Give a donation in honorofSister Agnes Kircher. Our Mission is to proclaim the good news as School Sisters of Notre Dame, directing our entire lives toward that oneness for which Jesus Christ was sent. Sister received a license in dietary service from M.P.T.I. Matilda Neff was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on November 13, 1927, to William Neff and Anna Zauner Neff. She received her BS in Nursing from Marian College in 1951. 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 actively participated in community choral groups in the local settings where she lived. 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