- May 31, 2020 Obituaries
(S. Mary Doris)
August 18, 1933 – May 31, 2020
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sister Constance “Connie” Heun who passed away on May 31, 2020, at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis, Missouri. She was 86 years of age.
Sister Connie was born on August 18, 1933, in St. Louis to parents John and Hilda (Bruns) Heun. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in 1951 and was received into the novitiate in 1952 as Sister Mary Doris. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Fontbonne University in 1960.
Sister Constance was a career educator, teaching at schools in Hawaii, Denver and Missouri, including St. Thomas of Aquin, All Saints and St. Edward schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis in the 1950s and 60s.
Her ministry work also included nearly 20 years as an audio visual coordinator/librarian at St. Francis de Sales Holy Rosary School, Denver (1971-78), and St. Gregory (1978-79), St. Adalbert (1979-84) and St. Anthony of Padua (1985-97) schools, all in St. Louis.
From 1997 to 2005, Sister Connie worked in the Development Office for the St. Louis province. In 2006, she began her 11 year ministry of volunteer service at Nazareth Living Center in St. Louis. Sister Connie retired to Nazareth Living Center in 2018 where she carried out her ministry of 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.