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Joan Yvonne Hart, daughter of Margaret Edith Devitt and William Francis Xavier Hart, was born on July 19, 1930 in New York City. Joan’s parents were natives of New York City and of Irish descent. Joan had two brothers who died in infancy.
Marie Regina Baummer, only daughter of Sigmund and Eleanor Roth Baummer, was born in Baltimore on October 6, 1923, and was baptized at St. Michael’s Church on Oct. 7. Jean, as she was called, had an older brother, Charles.
Jutta Maria Wiegard was born on September 2, 1925, in Leignitz, Germany, the second child and first daughter of Carl Wiegard and Maria Kowalski. Her parents ran a grocery store there, until, at the request of relatives, the family moved to Chicago.
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
