- December 4, 2020 Obituaries
(S. Robert Cecile)
December 7, 1930 – December 3, 2020
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Arline Eveld, CSJ who passed away on Dec. 3 at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 89 years of age.
Sister Arline was born on December 7, 1930, in St. Louis to parents Herman and Cecilia (Hitpas) Eveld. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1952 and was received into the novitiate in 1953 as Sister Robert Cecile. She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Fontbonne College in 1952 and a master’s degree in deaf education from Kent State University in 1961.
Sister Arline devoted 60 years of service to educating children with hearing loss and related services. She began her ministry in 1955 teaching deaf children at the primary level at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, a role she held for 25 years. She continued her service at St. Joseph Institute as a counselor/family therapist and, finally, as the founder and coordinator of the parent/infant program from 1981 to 1997.
In addition, Sister Arline was an adjunct professor at Fontbonne College (now University) from 1967 to 1994, teaching parent counseling to deaf education students.
She also served on the following boards: the Archdiocesan Board of Education, the Archdiocesan Board for Person with Disabilities (formerly known as the Catholic Commission for the Handicapped), the Fontbonne University Alumni Board and the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf Alumni Board.
Sister Arline received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in December 2001 for her significant number of years and cumulative contributions for children who are deaf, their parents and families. She was a delegate to the International Catholic Conference for the Deaf held in Dublin, Ireland, in 1971.
While Sister Arlene resided in St. Charles, Missouri, from 1997 to 2016, she provided tutoring for children with hearing loss, and she served in pastoral care as a communion minister at St. Joseph Medical Center. She completed a manuscript entitled: A Guide for Parents of Children with Hearing Loss – Infancy through Early Childhood (A Rehabilitation Approach) to be published.
Moving to The Village at Nazareth in 2016, she continued to provide tutoring until her retirement in September 2020, when she moved to Nazareth Living Center, to serve her CSJ community in prayer and presence.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province, 6400 Minnesota Ave., St. Louis, MO 63111-2899. Donate online.