Sister Marie Victoria Podesta

Sister Marie Victoria was born on Nov. 29, 1922. She died on Sept. 8, 2015. She was 92 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 71 years.

Sister Marie Victoria entered the Congregation in 1944. She professed first vows in 1947 and final vows in 1952.

She ministered as a teacher at schools in Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Illinois and Texas. In 1969, she began a ministry of 35 years at St. Mark in Chicago as a teacher, assistant principal and librarian. IN 2011, she returned to the Woods.

She loved to play card games, especially Pinochle.