Providence Sister Louise (Margaret Ann) Schroeder, 93, died Jan. 19 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

Born in Indiana, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1943 and professed final vows in 1950.

Of her 76 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered as a primary teacher for 46 years in schools in Indiana, Illinois and California. Retiring from teaching, she came to the motherhouse in 1991 and served in a variety of capacities.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. Andrew (1945-1948), Maternity BVM (1962-1965) and Immaculate Conception (1988-1991).

Sister of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Agnes Moczarnik, 83, died Nov. 11, 2018, in Texas.

Born in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, she discerned a religious vocation as a teenager and entered the order of the Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque, Iowa, taking the name Jucunda. During the next three decades in Iowa, Ohio and Kentucky, she taught grammar school.

In her 50s, she questioned her calling and left the sisterhood. She continued to teach school and participate in spiritual activities, including serving as an extraordinary minister of Communion at St. Columba Parish. In her 60s, she realized again that God was calling her to religious life and was received into the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. She served in this order in New Mexico and Texas until her death.

She is survived by her sister Victoria Szuflita and her brother Adam Moczarnik.

School Sister of St. Francis Margaret Anne (Verena) Puhek, 93, died Dec. 14, 2018, in Milwaukee.

Born in Milwaukee, Sister Margaret Anne was received into the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1943 and made her final vows in 1951.

Sister Margaret Anne ministered as an educator in Illinois and Wisconsin for more than seven decades. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Glenview (1946-1954), and at Holy Angels School (1960-1963).

Sister Margaret Anne is survived by a sister, Eileen Hackney.

School Sister of St. Francis Mary Ruth Schweisthal, 99, died Dec. 24, 2018, in Milwaukee.

Born in Aurora, Illinois, Sister Mary Ruth was received into the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1938 and made her final vows in 1946.

Sister Mary Ruth ministered in education in Illinois, Wisconsin and Nebraska for more than eight decades. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Martin (1944-1946); St. Benedict High School (1953-1956 and 1967-1968); Alvernia High School (1958-1967 and 1970-1973), where she also served as financial manager (1983-1987); and De LaSalle Institute (1969-1970). She served as secretary (1976-1977) and treasurer (1977-1983) for her congregation’s Holy Name Province, based in Chicago. She also served in Chicago as office manager for Friends of the Children (1990-1994), and as building manager for St. Priscilla Convent (1994-1995), where she also was as a receptionist and driver (1995-2002) 

In retirement, Sister Mary Ruth served in the ministry of prayer and presence at St. Joseph Convent, Campbellsport, Wisconsin (2002-2013), and at Sacred Heart in Milwaukee from 2013 until the time of her death.  

Daughter of Charity Mary (Mary Elizabeth) Quinn, 93, died Dec. 30, 2018, in Evansville, Indiana.

Born in Chicago, Sister Mary graduated from St. Patrick High School before entering the Daughters of Charity in St. Louis from Our Lady of Sorrows Parish.

She taught in schools and served as a house mother in homes in Alabama, California and Missouri. She then served as a social worker and group home coordinator in Michigan and Alabama, where she was also local community superior.

She then returned to Chicago, where she was Daughter of Charity Liaison for St. Joseph Health Centers and Hospital (1988-2001) and coordinator of volunteers at Marillac Social Center (2001-2005).

She is survived by her brothers Vincent Quinn, James Quinn and Vincentian Father Bernard Quinn; and her sisters Pauline Brewer, Joan Scully and Daughter of Charity Katie Quinn.