In Memoriam

Help us remember our sisters.

In death we say our ultimate human yes to God. Trusting in God’s power to bring us to the fullness of life, we conclude our earthly life with an act of worship: in the action of death we proclaim God as God, and ourselves as God’s creatures. We are called by God and sent by the community; we go in joy!

- You Are Sent, Constitution of the School Sisters of Notre Dame

In Memoriam: Sister Dorothy Hunt

Sister Dorothy Hunt, SSND Jan. 21, 1922 – Oct. 24, 2018

Dorothy began what she called “her little musical training” when Santa Claus brought a piano to the Hunt home. She had piano lessons from the age of ten and took voice lessons during high school years.

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In Memoriam: Sister Sister Margaret Ann (Peggy) Smith, SSND

Margaret Ann Smith was born to Patrick Joseph Smith and Mary Theresa McGuire on November 15, 1935, in Manhattan, New York. Her parents were from County Longford, Ireland and Woodford, County Galway, respectively.

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In Memoriam: Sister Cecilia Reitzel, SSND

Sister Cecilia died on August 25, 2018 at the age of 92. She was in her 72nd year as a School Sister of Notre Dame.

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In Memoriam: Sister Eugene Marie Geiger, SSND

Mildred entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame from her home parish, St. Leo’s. Her college education was completed during the candidature. She was received into the novitiate on July 26, 1941 and was given the name, Sister Eugene Marie.

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In Memoriam: Sister Catherine Goodell, SSND

When she was a fourth grader, the family moved to Chicago, and a year later she enrolled in St. Cyril’s School and met the Sisters of Loretto. “It was here, in the sixth grade, that I first thought I would like to be a sister.”

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In Memoriam: Sister Bernadetta Staab, SSND

Catherine Staab was received into the novitiate on July 16, 1947 and was given the name, Sister Mary Bernadetta.

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In Memoriam - Sister Mary Theresa Prior, SSND

Eileen Prior and her twin sister Theresa were born to John Prior and Mary Heslin, both from Co. Leitrim, Ireland, on May 9, 1931, and were baptized at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Forest Hills, Massachusetts.

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In Memoriam - Sister M. Alphonsine Gugger

Maria Clara Gugger was born a twin on May 9, 1920, in the town of Widnau, in the Canton of St. Gallen, in Switzerland. She was baptized the next day in St. Jacobus parish church, the day her twin Pauline died.