Sr. B.M. Hackett, SSND
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A funeral Mass was celebrated Sept. 2 for Sister Brigit Marie Hackett in the School Sisters of Notre Dame motherhouse chapel in South St. Louis County.
Sister Brigit Marie, a longtime educator, died Aug. 29 at Anna House-The Sarah Community in Bridgeton from dementia. She was 87.
A St. Louis native, she entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1943 from St. Liborius Parish. She professed her first vows in 1946 and final vows in 1952. She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Webster College in 1954 and a master's in education from St. Louis University in 1966.
An educator for 56 years, Sister Brigit Marie served in Louisiana, Texas, Missouri and Illinois. In the St. Louis Archdiocese, she taught at St. Michael in St. Louis, 1949-54; Archdiocesan Ninth Grade Center in St. Louis, 1954-56; St. Joseph in Farmington, 1956-59; and St. Gertrude in Krakow, 1985-92. From 1992-2002, she was a tutor at the former Notre Dame Learning Center in South County. She served a ministry of community service from 1992-2005, when she retired to The Sarah Community.
Her co-religious remember Sister Brigit Marie as a quiet, prayerful and peaceful woman and an excellent educator.
Survivors include a sister, Teresa Hackett of O'Fallon, and two brothers, Robert Hackett of O'Fallon and Harold Hackett of Bridgeton. Burial was in the motherhouse cemetery.
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