Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister M. Anita Fritz, MM

Since word went out to you last week through the Motherhouse News of the illness of Sr. Mary Anita, the news that she has gone to God will not come as too great a surprise. Sister Mary Anita, Anna Fritz, was born in Frank, Ohio,...

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Sister Pauline Frei, MM

On Saturday evening, March 26, 2005, during the Easter Vigil celebration in this chapel, Maryknoll Father Robert Lloyd invited the assembled community to remember the people all over the world who would “pass over” that night....

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Sister Mary Lawrence Foley, MM

Sister Mary Lawrence (Bridget Teresa Foley) died at Bethany about 5 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, 1971. Her death came as a surprise to all of us. In fact, Sister Betty Ann Maheu and I had seen and spoken to her at Bethany the...

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Sister Loretta Marie Hoffman, MM

Sometime around 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2005, in Residential Care at Maryknoll, New York, our Sister Loretta Marie Hoffmann slipped quietly off to meet her God. Her death caught us by surprise, as did the blessed...

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Sister Emily Hodrus, MM

In 1985 when Sister Emily Hodrus applied for a transfer from the Senior Region to the Center, she wrote under “Ministry Preference”, “I write 5 to 6 letters a day as my special apostolate and I pray all day...

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