In Remembrance
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Sister Regina Hughes
August 26, 1914 - May 19, 2010
Sister Regina Hughes poured out her life as a gift to others wherever she was and always with a certain contentment that let you know she loved being a Sister of St. Joseph. She was born August 26, 1914, in St. Louis, Mo., to James Aloysius Hughes and Mary Agnes Hickey Hughes. Baptized Regina Rose, she had three brothers and two sisters. Read more.
Sister Margaret Cozzens
July 2, 1917 - May 15, 2010
Sister Margaret Cozzens, a beautiful, quiet, prayerful person, was born in St. Louis on July 2, 1917. She had two sisters and one brother. Her parents, Thomas and Margaret Braun Cozzens, lived in St. Cronin's parish, where Margaret was baptized. When the children were very young, both of their parents died. The siblings then went to live with an aunt and uncle and attended Holy Name grade school, where Margaret met the Sisters of St. Joseph. Read more.
Sister Nathanael Joseph Brune
January 21, 1922 - May 12, 2010
Sister Nathanael Joseph Brune was a person of deep, simple, profound faith who never let her deafness get in the way of doing for others. In many ways she was very childlike in the biblical sense of the word. She truly trusted in God and lived her life in generous service. The fact that she survived her childhood is nothing short of miraculous. Read more.
Sister Mary Jane Kappus
June 6, 1923 - April 30, 2010
Caspar and Mary Budrow Kappus' only child, Mary Jane, was born in Eau Claire, Wis. A year after finishing high school, Jane entered the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration where she received the education needed for her ministry of music teacher, classroom teacher, principal and local superior. Read more.
Sister Dorothy Scheidler
September 4, 1923 - March 12, 2010
"Let Go and Let God"...
While Sister Dorothy Scheidler had a few other favorite expressions, the words above guided her the most the last weeks of her life. In early February she decided it was time to "let go" and "let God" draw her closer and closer to Himself. She asked to go on hospice in preparation for God's coming. Read more.
Sister Mariann DeBuck
April 18, 1932 - March 4, 2010
"Wait! You can wait with me!" A dear friend of mine died recently and about a week before he died, one of his sons leaned over and asked, "Dad, what can we do for you?" Bill thought a moment and then said to his son, "Wait, you can wait with me!" I doubt that I will ever forget that moment or those words. What I did not think about was that I would have another chance to practice the lesson again so soon on the journey with S. Mariann DeBuck. It was a long wait for her after a ten-year battle with breast cancer and for all those who waited with her. Read more.
