daughter of Fred Schafer and Anna Porzel; siblings Marie Schafer, Ann Geringer, Dorothy See, Fred Schafer Jr., and Margaret "Peggy" Szarmack
worked with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop and complete Maryvale Retirement Complex at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., in 1977.
The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, February 24, 1998, Page 6A, FIRST SECTION
SISTER LORETTA M. SCHAFER, 80, of Saint Mary-of-the Woods died Thursday. Sister Loretta was general superior of the Sister of Providence Congregation for five years, ministered with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis as chancellor and vice chancellor for 10 years, and was promoter of the Cause for Sainthood for Mother Theodore Guerin. She was also a teacher.
Surviving are sisters, Peggy Szarmack of Tinley Park, Ill., and Dorothy See of Lansing, Ill. Mass of Christian burial was 11 a.m. today at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial was in Sisters of Providence Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
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daughter of Fred Schafer and Anna Porzel; siblings Marie Schafer, Ann Geringer, Dorothy See, Fred Schafer Jr., and Margaret "Peggy" Szarmack
worked with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop and complete Maryvale Retirement Complex at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., in 1977.
The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, IN, February 24, 1998, Page 6A, FIRST SECTION
SISTER LORETTA M. SCHAFER, 80, of Saint Mary-of-the Woods died Thursday. Sister Loretta was general superior of the Sister of Providence Congregation for five years, ministered with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis as chancellor and vice chancellor for 10 years, and was promoter of the Cause for Sainthood for Mother Theodore Guerin. She was also a teacher.
Surviving are sisters, Peggy Szarmack of Tinley Park, Ill., and Dorothy See of Lansing, Ill. Mass of Christian burial was 11 a.m. today at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial was in Sisters of Providence Cemetery at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods.
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Sister Loretta / Thirteenth Superior General of the Sisters of Providence 1976 - 1981 / Departed This Life February 19, 1998
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