As the story continues, I can hardly wait to see our pursuit 
of creative energy and the ultimate life force.
A Note from a Nokomis Jubilarian, March 22, 1998, M. Ann Dirkes

(1929 – 2015)
Born July 16, 1929, in Detroit to Vincent and Alma (Yott) Dirkes, Margaret Ann was one of four children. She attended grade school at St. Paul in Grosse Pointe and graduated from Dominican High School. In 1947, Ann entered the postulate and at reception received her religious name, Sister Ann Vincent.
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(1922 – 2015)
Sister Kathleen Scanlon, baptized Helen Kathleen, was born December 27, 1922, in Detroit. Kitty, as she was known by family and friends, was the eighth of twelve children born to Raymond Joseph and Mary Frances (Long) Scanlon. Her father was of German and Irish ancestry and her mother’s parents both came from Ireland.
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(1930 – 2015)
Sister Ann Benedict, baptized Genevieve, was born January 4, 1930, in Rockford, Illinois. She was the second of five children born to Herman and Florence (Hoch) Williams. Her parents were born in Wisconsin. 
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(1942 – 2015)
Sister Susan Marie Ouwerkerk was born on May 8, 1942, the only child of Arnold Ouwerkerk from Leyden, Holland, the Netherlands, and Edna Irene Anderson, from Bay City, Michigan. After trying for ten years to have a child, her parents had gone to see Father Solanus who blessed her mother and said she would bear one child. After Susan’s birth her father became a Catholic because he believed they needed to be united in faith as a family. 
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