Felician Sister Mary Alphonsetta Haneman, 99, died April 24 at Our Lady of the Angels Convent.

Born in Chicago, she attended St. Salomea School and St. Louis Academy. She entered the Felician Sisters in 1940 and professed her final vows in 1948. She ministered on the elementary school, high school and college levels as a music teacher in Illinois and Wisconsin. She also served at Mother of Good Counsel Provincial House as an organist for many years.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. James (1940-1949), Holy Innocents (1949-1951), St. Joseph High School (1954-1955), Sacred Heart (1958-1959), Holy Innocents (1959-1960), Good Counsel High School (1960-1971), and Felician College/Montay College (1971-1995).