obituaries

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.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 12 at Nazareth Living Center in Oakville for Sister Mary Grace Heiner, a retired teacher and office administrator who was an academic dean at St. Teresa's College in Kansas City, Mo., and later worked at Fontbonne College in Clayton.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 9 at Sacred Heart Convent in Wilmette, Ill., for Sister of Christian Charity Mary Thecla Malawey, a teacher, librarian and sacristan at Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in South St. Louis from 1960-66.

Sister Mary Thecla, 79, died Aug. 6 at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 11 for Sister Mary Ann Kreutzman, a longtime educator, in the School Sisters of Notre Dame Motherhouse Chapel in Lemay.

Sister Mary Ann died Aug. 6 at Anna House-The Sarah Community in Bridgeton from cancer at age 78.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated for Sister Carol Sullentrup at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, in the School Sisters of Notre Dame Motherhouse Chapel, 320 E. Ripa Ave. in Lemay.

Sister Carol, a former nurse aide and caregiver of her retired co-religious School Sisters of Notre Dame, died Aug. 8 at the SSND Motherhouse from acute leukemia. She was 56.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Aug. 3 for Visitation Sister Mary Aimee Dilschneider, a former educator, at the Visitation Monastery Chapel in Town and Country. Sister Mary Aimee died July 30 at age 93.

Baptized Catherine Rita Dilschneider, she attended Visitation Academy from sixth grade and entered the monastery the day of her high school graduation from the academy in 1935. She received the habit later in 1935, made her first profession in 1936 and professed her final vows in 1939.