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The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are a community of vowed Catholic women religious. Inspired by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, we are passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy.
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Obituary search
At this time, our site contains all Sisters of Providence obituaries beginning in 2009.
Found 364 Results
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Sister Helen Vinton (formerly Sister Helen Jean)
Published on August 6, 2023
You followed the path marked out for you by Providence, Helen. We thank you for that and for the many gifts you shared with us and so many others that all might know the sacredness of Earth.
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Sister Margaret Heese (formerly Sister Margaret Bernard)
Published on July 24, 2023
We look to you to keep us on the path Providence chose for you and for us
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Sister Carolyn Kessler (formerly Sister Ann Carolyn)
Published on July 7, 2023
‘We rejoice with her that she is now with the source of this loving kindness.’
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Sister Mary Roger Madden
Published on June 26, 2023
Someone once described her as ‘the conscience of the community’
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Sister Lois Ann Stoiber
Published on June 23, 2023
‘I am so grateful to have had Sister Lois in my life and for all the memories we shared.’
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Sister Patricia Geis (formerly Sister Anna Marie)
Published on April 18, 2023
‘I admired the warm, funy, genuine person you were, and my life will be enriched because you were a part of it.’
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Sister Rosemary Borntrager (formerly Sister Rose Cecile)
Published on March 6, 2023
‘Now that I am reaching my final years, I hope to be freer to be in God’s presence as the hours pass.’
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Sister Maureen Abbott
Published on January 26, 2023
” … there are only so many years to walk on the Earth. I knew I wanted to make the best of them.”
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Sister Thomas Jeanne Doriot
Published on December 19, 2022
Rest forever now in that providential peace, TJ!
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Sister Regina Ann Lynch
Published on November 15, 2022
‘How grateful all of us are for your many years of loving kindness.’
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Sister Margaret “Peggy” Lynch (formerly Sister James Patrick)
Published on November 3, 2022
“Peggy created a ministry of loving presence at Westridge. … They loved her.”
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Sister Agnes Maureen Badura
Published on September 25, 2022
She was grateful that she was able to touch so many students and she was ready to see the brothers and sisters who had gone before her to their eternal reward.
