Sister Profile

Sister Alma Louise Mescher

Sister Alma Louise was born on January 6, 1915 and died on June 9, 2010.

Biography

Sister Alma Louise was born Marjorie Anne Mescher on Jan. 6, 1915. She died on June 9, 2010. She was 95 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 72 years.

Sister Alma Louise entered the Congregation on Aug. 9, 1937. She professed first and final vows on Jan. 23, 1940 and 1946, respectively.

Her teaching ministry began at St. Elisabeth Grade School, Van Nuys, Calif. She taught in other schools in California, as well as schools in Indiana and Illinois. From 1962 to 1981, she was a biology professor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. She also ministered as a pastoral associate from 1982 to 1990. Although she retired in 1991, she continued to teach at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College until 2003.

She was known for her water color paintings, many of which hang at Woodland Inn.

Obituary

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Sister Alma Louise Mescher prior to joining the Congregation.
Sister Mary Jean Mark and Sister Alma Louise Mescher along with others in Georgia in the summer of 1965.
Sister Alma Louise Mescher teaches children in Georgia in the summer of 1965 through the Freedom Schools suported by SCOPE (Summer Community Orgazination and Political Education), founded by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photo credit: Library of Congress/LOOK Magazine)
Sisters Alma Louise Mescher (left) and Mary Jean Mark ministered in the summer of 1965 in the SCOPE Project in Albany, Ga. While in the South they took part in the march to Selma, Ala. led by Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.