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...were relegated to a separate room so they could be noisy and run around while the adults conversed in another room. On one such occasion, the adults forgot they hid the celebrant’s birthday cake in the children’s room, so when they went to retrieve it, all of the iced piping and rosettes had been eaten. Rosemary was chased twice around the barn by her mother for that! Sister Martha Wessel shared that “Rosemary and I came together to the Woods...

...for pulling out all the stops and celebrating holidays and Adele’s significant birthdays and jubilees, so it is not surprising that they are here to celebrate her long life. Adele knew tragedy early, experiencing the sudden and unexpected death of her mother when she was 7-years-old. The father moved the young family to Dayton, Ohio, his birthplace, where they lived in a double, with her aunt and uncle and two young cousins on the other side, who helped to raise...

...Becky. Christ recalls how happy he was when he watched “my aunt with a big heart” welcome his fiancé, the person who had his heart, into the family. “She was a genuine person. Her smile could light up a room. I hope she knew how much fun she was, and how little things she did will be remembered with joy in our hearts.” Greg writes that her gift of a harmonica on his 8th birthday was the beginning of a...

...around. She prioritized our achievements and as I keep hearing from the Sisters, bragged about us a lot. Loving long distance takes a lot of work, but she made it seem so effortless. “She never missed a birthday phone call, even once we started adding spouses to the crew. There were cards for every occasion, right on schedule. “Calling her my Aunt feels so inadequate because she was so much more. ‘Did you know my Aunt’s a nun?’ She never...

...George Kramer and Florence Westendorf Kramer.” She was born April 1, 1942, the youngest child in a family of six girls and four boys. When she gave me the commentary, she told me that it was very important that the twin brothers, John and Joseph, who were still-born, be mentioned as well as another brother, William, who died months before his 8th birthday when she was only 18-months-old. Thus, she grew up with one brother, George, and five sisters, Mary,...

...Like Martha, Brigid was a doer; always there to help with a casserole for families in need; a baked dessert for a neighbor, a visit to a parishioner, a card for a sister’s birthday, a note of encouragement for whomever she knew needed a boost. She was a loving and compassionate teacher, a caring social worker. When her sister Eileen moved to health care, Brigid would go each night to turn down Eileen’s bed. And then, she’d proceed to turn...