Sister Profile

Sister Suzanne Buthod

Formerly Sister Mary Judith

Sister Suzanne was born on October 24, 1929 and died on February 28, 2022.

Biography

Sister Suzanne, formerly Sister Mary Judith, was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Currently, she ministers in prayer at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.

Sister Suzanne entered the Congregation on Feb. 2, 1949, and professed perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1956.

She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in English, and also earned a master’s degree in religion from Manhattanville, in Purchase, New York.

Sister Suzanne has ministered primarily as a teacher and principal in many locations, including teaching at St. Michael in Greenfield, Indiana, from 1956-62, and serving as a teacher and principal at St. Catherine in Indianapolis, from 1962-68.

Obituary

Read her obituary here.

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Photographs

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Sister Suzanne Buthod (formerly Sister Mary Judith)
Sister Suzanne Buthod, center, wtih General Officers Sisters Lisa Stallings and Dawn Tomaszewski
Sister Suzanne Buthod at prayer
The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, honored their 70-year Jubilarians on Tuesday, Dec. 17, including (front, from left) Sister Charles Van Hoy, (front, third from left) Sister Margaret Norris, Sister Regina Marie McIntyre, Sister Joann Quinkert, Sister Rosemary Eyler, Sister Suzanne Buthod and Sister Barbara Ann Bluntzer. They are photographed with (front, second from left) General Councilor Sister Mary Beth Klingel, (back, from left) General Councilor Sister Lisa Stallings, General Superior Sister Dawn Tomaszewski and General Councilors Sister Jenny Howard and Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp. Not photographed: Sisters Marian Brady and Marie Denis Lucey.
Sisters (from left) Suzanne Buthod, Ann Stephen Stouffer and Teresa Costello enjoy their time at the Deming Park playground as one of the many trips the HOME Team has taken sisters and others recently.