Thursday, 17 December 2009 05:17

Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sister Paulette Schiffelbein died Nov. 29. She was 82. Sixty-six of her years were lived as a professed Adorer.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the Chapel of Our Lady of the New Covenant with Father Charles Murphy, presider, and Father Tom Welk, homilist. Burial in the community cemetery followed.
Sister was born on March 5, l927, near Ness City and baptized Irene. She entered the community of Adorers in Wichita in l941. During her novitiate year, four of her brothers were called to military service, and her mother died suddenly. With God’s blessings and support from those around her, she persevered through these difficulties. She pronounced her first vows in l943 and permanent vows in 1948.
Sister Paulette’s formal education prepared her for both nursing and teaching ministries. She completed registered nursing requirements in 1948 at St. Mary Hospital School of Nursing, Enid, Okla.; and a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1961 from St. Mary College, Leavenworth. She practiced in hospitals in Oklahoma, New Mexico and Kansas.
Sister Paulette also received a bachelor’s degree in education from Sacred Heart College, Wichita, in 1968, a masters degree in 1972 from State Teachers College, Emporia, and a reading specialist certification in 1974 from Oklahoma City University, Okla.
She taught elementary school in Kansas, Washington, and Oklahoma. She became director of RCIA/Religious Education and Youth Director in two Oklahoma parishes and helped form, guide, and pray with the ASC Associates in Moore, Okla. The success of her teaching was celebrated in Moore, where she was twice named Teacher of the Year.

Thursday, 17 December 2009 05:16

GARRISON
Victor L. Garrison, 57, St. Anne, Wichita, Oct. 22.
MAHONEY
Dema A. 88, St. Michael, Mulvane, Nov. 24.
NAVARRO
Felix, 86, Christ the King, Wichita, Nov. 24.

Thursday, 03 December 2009 05:52

Adorer of the Blood of Christ Sister Madeleine Kisner died Friday, Nov. 20, in Wichita. She was 82. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Monday, Nov. 23. Burial was in the ASC community.
Sister Madeleine was a professed Adorer for 66 years, a Newman University alumnae, longtime professor of English and respected scholar of John Henry Cardinal Newman and his works.
Born May 26, l927 in Offerle, Kan., her family later moved to a farm near Plains, Kan. At age 14 she decided to follow her older sister, Mary, into the ASC religious congregation. She entered the novitiate in 1942 and received the name of Madeleine. She pronounced her first vows on July 1, 1943, and her permanent vows in 1948.   
Sister Madeleine attended Sacred Heart Academy, a predecessor institution of Newman University, from which she graduated in 1945. She then taught at several parochial schools in Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education in 1957 from Sacred Heart College, another predecessor of Newman, and a master’s degree in English in 1971 from Creighton University, Omaha, Neb.
She completed a doctoral degree in English at the University of Michigan in 1975, and immediately joined the faculty at Newman as professor of English and creative writing, where she taught until 1991. She later did post-doctoral work at the University of San Francisco in California, and lived and studied in Durham and Cambridge, England.
Over a teaching career of close to 50 years, she taught at the elementary, secondary and collegiate levels, including overseas stints teaching basic English in Romania, and was known for her dynamic teaching methods.

Thursday, 03 December 2009 05:51

BRAY
Judith K. “Judi,” 66, St. Patrick, Parsons, Nov. 3.
DAYTON
Scott Leo, 80, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, Nov. 4.
DAYTON
Ada Loretta, 102, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, Nov. 6.

Thursday, 19 November 2009 08:25

Sister Jacinta Langlois, 77, dies Oct. 31
Adorer of the Blood of Christ Sister Jacinta Langlois, 77, died Saturday evening, Oct. 31. Fifty-nine of her years were lived as a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the Chapel of Our Lady of the New Covenant with the Most Reverend Bishop Eugene Gerber as presider and homilist. Burial in the community cemetery followed.
Sister was born Oct. 19, 1932, near Spearville, Kan. She attended Sacred Heart Academy in Wichita and entered the postulancy her junior year, Dec. 8, 1948. She pronounced her first vows July 1, 1950, and permanent commitment five years later.
After high school, Sister studied for a bachelor’s degree in education from Sacred Heart College, a master’s degree in special education from Stritch College, and various certificates from Wesley Hospital, St. Louis University, Catholic University of America, and Wichita State University.
Her 22-year elementary teaching career, including principalships, was mostly in Kansas, often in or near Wichita, plus one year in Nebraska.
Following eight years in ASC community leadership, she was administrative assistant for seven years in the Diocese of Wichita’s Marriage Tribunal, and vice chancellor for 15 years during the tenure of four bishops.
Memorial contributions in Sister Jacinta’s honor may be sent to the ASC Retirement Fund, ASC Wichita Center, 1165 Southwest Boulevard, Wichita, KS 67213.

Thursday, 05 November 2009 04:53

BUMM
Florence L., 81, Sacred Heart, Halstead, Oct. 9.
GARRITY
Sylvia Irene, 86, All Saints, Wichita, Oct. 9.
SUSONG
Greg, 54, St. Anthony/St. Rose, Wellington, Oct. 9.

Thursday, 15 October 2009 04:11

Fr. Suellentrop dies in Shawnee, Okla.
Colwich native was a Benedictine, educator, and U.S. Army chaplain
Father Daniel M. Suellentrop, a native of Colwich, Kan., and a Benedictine monk of St. Gregory’s Abbey, Shawnee, Okla., died Oct. 12. He was 83.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15, in the Abbey Church. Burial will follow in the St. Gregory’s Abbey Cemetery.
Fr. Suellentrop was born on Feb. 3, 1926, to John and Cathryn Neuholt Suellentrop in Colwich where he attended elementary school. He attended St. Gregory’s High School in Shawnee, Okla., graduating in 1943. After two years of college at Conception Seminary in Missouri he entered the novitiate of St. Gregory’s Abbey in 1945. He made first vows as a monk on Feb. 25, 1946, solemn vows on July 11, 1949, and was ordained a priest on April 7, 1951.

Thursday, 01 October 2009 04:49

ALBERT
Reinhard J., 82, St. Martin, Piqua, Aug. 27.
MOEDER
Carol J., 72, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hutchinson, Aug. 29.
BALL
Roy “Max,” 75, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, Aug. 31.

Thursday, 17 September 2009 03:16

ALBERT
Reinhard J., 82, St. Martin, Piqua, Aug. 27.
MOEDER
Carol J., 72, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Hutchinson, Aug. 29.
BALL
Roy "Max," 75, Our Lady of Lourdes, Pittsburg, Aug. 31.

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 08:37

Father David O’Leary dies Aug. 24
Father David A. O’Leary, 93, died Monday, Aug. 24. He celebrated the 63rd jubilee of his ordination two weeks ago.