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(1924 – 2014) Sister Agnes Louise, baptized Mary Therese, was born January 9, 1924, in Owosso, Michigan, to Louis and Agnes (Ford) Stechschulte. In her autobiography, she wrote this about her family: More about Sister Agnes Louise Stechschulte (pdf)
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(1924 – 2014) Sister Dolores LaVoy – born June 20, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, and baptized Dolores Jean – was the fourth of nine children born to Isadore and Matilda (Meinig) LaVoy. The family lived in the homestead farmhouse near Erie, Michigan, that had been built by their grandfather. It was also the place where their father was born. More about Sister Dolores LaVoy (pdf)
(1920 – 2014) Sister Frances Ellen Bowery, born September, 14, 1920, in West Palm Beach, Florida, was the fourth of eight children. In her autobiography, she wrote, “We were baptized and brought up Methodist although there was a spot of Catholicity on Mom’s side, for her mother had been raised Catholic.” More about Sister Frances Ellen Bowery (pdf)
(1926 – 2014) Sister Mary Therese Golden was born on November 28, 1926, in Chicago, to Eugene and Frances (Madigan) Golden; she was the fourth of seven children. They were members of Our Lady of Good Counsel and the children attended the parish school. Mary Therese then attended Loretto Englewood Academy, staffed by the Ladies of Loretto. “I thoroughly enjoyed my high school days…but I always found my way back to the Adrians at Good Counsel,” Sister Therese noted in her autobiography. More about Sister Mary Therese Golden (pdf)
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