Sister Profile

Sister Sheila FitzSimons

Formerly Sister Marie Sheila

Sister Sheila was born on December 2, 1926 and died on April 1, 2017.

Biography

Sister Sheila, formerly Sister Marie Sheila, was born in 1926. She died on April 1, 2017. She was 90 years old and had been a Sister of Providence for 74 years.

Sister Sheila entered the Congregation in 1943. She professed her final vows in 1950.

Sister Sheila ministered as a teacher and principal in schools in Indiana, Illinois, New Hampshire and California. In 1999, she began a ministry at Providence Self-Sufficiency Ministries in New Albany, and in 2002, she returned to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods to minister in residential services.

She was known as a quiet soul.

Obituary

Read her obituary here.

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    Sister Rose Ann Eaton and Sister Sheila FitzSimons
    Sister Marceline (right) with Sister Sheila FitzSimons
    Sister Frances Edwards and Sister Sheila Fitzsimons