Sister Mary Beth ( Mary Cecilia) Funyak, CSA, (77) died Saturday evening, August 20, 2011, in St. Francis Home where she resided.
On April 13, 1934, in Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania, Joseph and Mary Dropscho Funyak welcomed their daughter. Sr. Mary Beth's family included two sisters and four brothers. The family held membership in St. Mary's Church. Sister attended grade school and high school in Nanty-Glo graduating in 1952. In the fall of that year she entered St. Agnes Convent inFond du Lac, WI and made first profession in 1955.
Sister Mary Beth attended St. Agnes School of Nursing graduating in 1958 and then graduated from Marian College with a B.S. in Nursing in 1959. Her nursing ministry took her to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI, St. Clare Hospital (Monroe Clinic Hospital) in Monroe, WI, St. Thomas Hospital in Colby Ks. St. John Rest Home in Victoria, Ks, Nazareth Heights in Fond du Lac, WI, and the Catholic Service Center in Mobile, Al. She taught Religious Education at Sr. Joseph Parish in Maysville, Al of which she was a very active parish member.
Preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Barbara Nichols. She is survived by a sister: Florence Bender and four brothers: Larry, Philip Edward and Joseph and loving nieces and nephews, classmates and co-workers and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered.
Visitation for Sr. Mary Beth Funyak will be held Thursday, August 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Center and Court followed by lunch. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. in the St. Francis Home Chapel. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery.
The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the staff of St. Francis Home and Nazareth Court and Center for their care of Sr. Mary Beth and to the staff of Hospice Hope in her last days.
On April 13, 1934, in Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania, Joseph and Mary Dropscho Funyak welcomed their daughter. Sr. Mary Beth's family included two sisters and four brothers. The family held membership in St. Mary's Church. Sister attended grade school and high school in Nanty-Glo graduating in 1952. In the fall of that year she entered St. Agnes Convent inFond du Lac, WI and made first profession in 1955.
Sister Mary Beth attended St. Agnes School of Nursing graduating in 1958 and then graduated from Marian College with a B.S. in Nursing in 1959. Her nursing ministry took her to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI, St. Clare Hospital (Monroe Clinic Hospital) in Monroe, WI, St. Thomas Hospital in Colby Ks. St. John Rest Home in Victoria, Ks, Nazareth Heights in Fond du Lac, WI, and the Catholic Service Center in Mobile, Al. She taught Religious Education at Sr. Joseph Parish in Maysville, Al of which she was a very active parish member.
Preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Barbara Nichols. She is survived by a sister: Florence Bender and four brothers: Larry, Philip Edward and Joseph and loving nieces and nephews, classmates and co-workers and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered.
Visitation for Sr. Mary Beth Funyak will be held Thursday, August 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Center and Court followed by lunch. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. in the St. Francis Home Chapel. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery.
The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the staff of St. Francis Home and Nazareth Court and Center for their care of Sr. Mary Beth and to the staff of Hospice Hope in her last days.
Sister Mary Beth ( Mary Cecilia) Funyak, CSA, (77) died Saturday evening, August 20, 2011, in St. Francis Home where she resided.
On April 13, 1934, in Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania, Joseph and Mary Dropscho Funyak welcomed their daughter. Sr. Mary Beth's family included two sisters and four brothers. The family held membership in St. Mary's Church. Sister attended grade school and high school in Nanty-Glo graduating in 1952. In the fall of that year she entered St. Agnes Convent inFond du Lac, WI and made first profession in 1955.
Sister Mary Beth attended St. Agnes School of Nursing graduating in 1958 and then graduated from Marian College with a B.S. in Nursing in 1959. Her nursing ministry took her to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI, St. Clare Hospital (Monroe Clinic Hospital) in Monroe, WI, St. Thomas Hospital in Colby Ks. St. John Rest Home in Victoria, Ks, Nazareth Heights in Fond du Lac, WI, and the Catholic Service Center in Mobile, Al. She taught Religious Education at Sr. Joseph Parish in Maysville, Al of which she was a very active parish member.
Preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Barbara Nichols. She is survived by a sister: Florence Bender and four brothers: Larry, Philip Edward and Joseph and loving nieces and nephews, classmates and co-workers and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered.
Visitation for Sr. Mary Beth Funyak will be held Thursday, August 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Center and Court followed by lunch. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. in the St. Francis Home Chapel. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery.
The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the staff of St. Francis Home and Nazareth Court and Center for their care of Sr. Mary Beth and to the staff of Hospice Hope in her last days.
On April 13, 1934, in Nanty-Glo, Pennsylvania, Joseph and Mary Dropscho Funyak welcomed their daughter. Sr. Mary Beth's family included two sisters and four brothers. The family held membership in St. Mary's Church. Sister attended grade school and high school in Nanty-Glo graduating in 1952. In the fall of that year she entered St. Agnes Convent inFond du Lac, WI and made first profession in 1955.
Sister Mary Beth attended St. Agnes School of Nursing graduating in 1958 and then graduated from Marian College with a B.S. in Nursing in 1959. Her nursing ministry took her to St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac, WI, St. Clare Hospital (Monroe Clinic Hospital) in Monroe, WI, St. Thomas Hospital in Colby Ks. St. John Rest Home in Victoria, Ks, Nazareth Heights in Fond du Lac, WI, and the Catholic Service Center in Mobile, Al. She taught Religious Education at Sr. Joseph Parish in Maysville, Al of which she was a very active parish member.
Preceding her in death were her parents and a sister, Barbara Nichols. She is survived by a sister: Florence Bender and four brothers: Larry, Philip Edward and Joseph and loving nieces and nephews, classmates and co-workers and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered.
Visitation for Sr. Mary Beth Funyak will be held Thursday, August 25, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A prayer service will be held at 11 a.m. at Nazareth Center and Court followed by lunch. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. in the St. Francis Home Chapel. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Springs Cemetery.
The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the staff of St. Francis Home and Nazareth Court and Center for their care of Sr. Mary Beth and to the staff of Hospice Hope in her last days.
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