Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Eleanor Keeney, MM

The following letter was written by Sister Eleanor Keeney who asked that it be read at her funeral Mass. She wrote: If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wise unto the body of life. For life and death...

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Sister Yae Ono, MM

Sister Antoinette Yae Ono died peacefully in Residential Care IV Friday, March 16, 2012, at 10:55 p.m.  She was accompanied by many of her Sisters since that morning when she had taken a turn for the worse.  Sister Yae, as she...

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Sister Madelon Marie Mullen, MM

Our Sister Madelon Marie Mullen slipped quietly thru death’s door on Saturday, October 28, 2006 in our Residential Care IV unit here at the Center. Sister was 85 years of age and a Maryknoll Sister for 62 years. Marie Theresa...

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Sister Miriam Joseph Miller, MM

On the Feast of the Guardian Angels, October 2, 1987, Sister Miriam Joseph died peacefully in our Nursing Home. Mary Rose Miller was born in La Grande, Oregon on February 20, 1915, eldest of six children born to Joseph and Agnes...

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Sister M. Fides Murphy, MM

At 3:00 a.m. Friday, April 2, 1971, Sister Mary Fides, (Josephine Murphy) at the age of 74, went home to God. Most Maryknoll Sisters had never seen her or known her. Now what was mortal in her has been clothed with what is...

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