Archives: Deceased Sisters

Sister Mary Frances (Fran) Kobets, MM

Sister Mary Frances (Fran) Kobets died suddenly on June 29, 2018 in Gweru, Zimbabwe. She was 76 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 58 years. Mary Frances was born on March 19, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri to Dolores...

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Sister Margaret Kulage, MM

In psalm 90, the psalmist gives us his view of what we can expect of life. Our years quickly come to an end, he says. “The days of our life are seventy years or perhaps eighty, if we are strong.” In any case, they are soon gone....

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Sister Mary Driscoll, MM

Sister Mary Elizabeth Driscoll peacefully entered her New Life with God on October 2, 2013. Mary was 90 years old and a Maryknoll Sister for 70 years. Mary was born on July 26, 1923, in Portland, Oregon, to Elcena Greene...

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Sister Margaret Purtell, MM

We gather this morning to celebrate the life of our Sister Margaret Anne Purtell, who died on June 25, 2018 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, NY. She was 89 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 66 years....

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Sister Julia Hannigan, MM

Sister Julia Hannigan died on the Feast of the Assumption, August 15, 2015 at 9:45 p.m. in the Maryknoll Sisters Home Care. She was 99 years old and had been a Maryknoll Sister for 83 years. Julia Regina Hannigan was born...

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