The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
Sister Angelina, Sister Superior
of Sisters of Notre Dame,
/ Called to Her Rest
DEVOTED LIFE TO CHURCH
Deceased Sister Had Been Received
Into the sisterhood in 1873 and
Had Been in Charge for
Good Many Years

Sister Mary Angeline, Sister SUPERB,
or in charge of the work of the Order
Of the Sisters of Notre Dame, in con-
nection with st. George church, and
widely known among the members of
the great order, died at the community
house on Milwaukee avenue just be-
fore nine o clock Sunday evening, af-
ter a, two weeks illness from paraly-
sis. The death of the well beloved
Sister was not unexpected as she had
been sinking rapidly for the past two
or three days and on Saturday her
friends had been summoned to her
bed side. Sister Angelina had been
stricken with paralysis two weeks ago
today, but on last Friday her condi-
ton had shown such a. decided inn
provement that the other Sister work
ing with her had hoped for her re-
covery. Later in the same day she
had relapse and since that time she
had been steadily sinking.
The death of Sister Angelina has
caused the greatest sorrow among the
members of st. George church and the
schools of the church have been sus-
pended until after the funeral
Sister Mary Angelina, was daugh-
ter of the late Andrew LANCE of De-
troit, Mich. She was born in Detroit,
Oct. 25, 1854. Her mother died when
she was IS months old and she early
in life decided to enter the work of
the church When she was but fifteen
years of age she came to Milwaukee
and entered the Mother House there
preparatory to assuming the vows of
Sister Of Notre Dame She spent
two years ia preparation and entered
the candidature in 1871. Two years
later she received the habit Of the
order being received in the order be-
fore she attained the age of 81 years.
She was a woman of high intellectual
attainn 9nts and from the time she
entered the Mother House she had
given up nearly all of her time to
study. After being received into the
order she remained as a teacher at
the Mother House for g. few years
after which she was placed in charge
Of the work of the order at Beaver
Dam At that time the Rev. Joseph
Dreis was the pastor Of the church
at Beaver Dam and when he came to
Kenosha to take charge Of st. George
church he asked that Sister Angelina
be sent to Kenosha to take charge Of
the schools connected with the church.
She came to this city in 1898 and had
been in charge of the schools since
that time. She was a woman deeply
devoted to the work of the church
and under her leadership the schools
of the church attained a high place
among the schools in the diocese.
For some time her health had been
failing and she was urged to give up
her place, but she insisted that her only
work was that of the order and she
remained in charge of the eighth
grade of the school until the after
noon of the day that she was stricken
with paralysis.
Sister Angelina had beautiful
character. Gentle and womanly in all
things she had left. an impression upon
al who came in contract with her.
Ever thoughtful of the poor and of
the children she did much to advance
the charitable work Of the church in
Kenosha.
Many Of the leading members of the
order in the Milwaukee diocese have
already come to Kenosha to pay.a last
tribute to the memory of the deceased
sister. As yet the arrangements for
the funeral have not been made, but
in Keeping with the last request of
the Sister it is probable that her re-
mains will be laid at rest at the little
cemetery of the Order at Elm Grove.
AS yet no steps have been taken to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of the Sister
Mrs. Charles B. Werve entertained