The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-09-22

and for nearly forty years the direct
ing head of the school, died at the
Kempbf Hall just after five o'clock
, Thursday afternoon. She had been IN
failing health for three years and for
the past ten days her condition had
been such as to cause alarm among the
members Of the sisterhood.
Death came as result of a general
breaking down due to advanced years.
Sister Margaret Glare was nearly
eighty three years of age when death
came. ~ ~
Few women who have been in Keno
sha had been so distinguished in their
life work, Not only did she have the
long and honorable connection with the
management of the Kemper Hall, but
she had the honor of being the first
Mother Superior of the Western Prov
ince of thesCommunity of the~S Sisters of
st. Mary. Few women in the nation
had given more to the cause of edu-
cation and her death comes as real
sorrow in .Kenosha. She had given
much Of her life to the development eff
a better spiritual atmosphere in Keno
sha. To the thousands of young wo-
men from all over this district of the
country who had been students at KEN
per hall she had been as second moth
err and her death will bring deep sor-
row to the ranks of the Kemper Hall
alumpae, 4sa
Was Native of Michigan.
Margaret Carney, was born in Mich
igan, October 10, 1885, She was the
daughter of Mark and Mary Garvey of
Scotch ancestry. She was educated in
the schools of Michigan and was given
unusual opportunities for higher edu-
cation.
AS Mrs. Margaret Crane, she became
associated with the work of the Com
munity of the Sisters of st. Mary only
a short time after the close of the
civil war. She had been teacher and
in the early days of the founding of
the sisterhood she was an assistant to
the Mother Foundress. 1t was in the
early seventies that she took the vows
as a member of the community and
became a Sister of Mercy. Her first
work as a member of the community
was at st. Gabriels school in connec-
ton with the Mothers House at Peek
skill, New York. She was listed as
Number Thirty-eight in the list of the
members of the great Protestant Epis-
copal Sisterhood and was one Of the
few survivors of the pioneer members
of the religious order.
Comes to Kemper Hall.
Kemper Hall was largely developed
under the leadership of Sister Margaret
Glare. The school was opened as St.
Clair Hall in the early sixties when the
late Senator Charles Durkee gave his
residence as an Episcopal School, When
it was determined in 1878 to place the
school under the direction of the Sis
tiers of st. Mary, Sister Margaret Glare
was named as it's first principal. She
came to Kenosha in July of that year
and has made her home in Kenosha
ever since.
Under her careful management the
school prospered. She was a woman Of
great strength of character and partic-
ularly we'll grounded in the work of
the Protestant Episcopal faith. She
added to this strength of character a
wonderful intellectual development
which proved magnet to draw many
students to the school, Many new
buildings were erected and the power
of the school for Christian education
was greatly extended.
Is Made Mother Superior Provincial.
In 1900 the splendid services of Sis
ter Margaret Glare we're recognized by
the Community to which she had given
the work of her life and she was ele-
waited to the post of Mother Superior
Provincial of the community, in charge
of the Western Province. This gave
her control over large work of the Sis
terhood. The institutions over which
she had direct supervision included
the st. Mary's Home of Washington
Boulevard, Chicago, st. Mary's Mission
House in Chicago and two great schools
for girls Kemper Hall at Kenosha and
st. Katherine's school at Davenport,
Iowa. Her wonderful executive ability
was largely responsible for the great
growth of these institutions. Her per-
sonality appealed strongly to leading
-ynen end women Of the church and un-
der her direction. the Summer Home Ecr
the children Of Chicago was established
in Kenosha There we're only sew
chilarae cared for the first year hut in
years Ii gfew e. BIZ one ST the largest
homes of The kind i'm the Chicago dis
trict During the last year of the work
Of the home IN Eenosha it cared foz
more IMAM Sae hundred and fifty chi-
dren.
In her retiring years she had taken
a great interest in the development OF
the new and greater home for the chill
dren at Elmhurst.
Had Sympathy of Young Women.
The most interesting work of her
life eentered in the forty years given
to Kemper Hail. Her example as a
woman appealed to the young women
who came as students to the school and
she was deeply beloved among the
members of the alumnae. AS Mother
Superior she brought a human inter
est to the institutions which gave them
great forward movement. She had
much to do with big movements for
permanent endowment of the schools.
In 1917 the condition of her health
became such that she was no longer
able to take care of the duties of the