Sr. Mariella Pucka, died June 1, 2009 at Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS.
Sister Mariella was born to Leo and Hilda Geisen Pucka with her twin sister May 15, 1932. For a time, the family lived in Springfield, Illinois and then returned to Atchison. Sister Mariella was a graduate of Mount St. Scholastica Academy and Mount St. Scholastica College.
She entered the Mount community June 12, 1954, and made monastic profession December 13, 1955. For some 25 years, she gave first graders a firm and happy start in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa schools. She also served at Mineiros, Goias, Brazil, in the 1970's, helping in parish work at the Mount's dependent priory there. Sister Mariella also ministered to the aging at Holy Name, Topeka, Kansas. When she returned to Atchison, she was hospitality minister and director of housekeeping.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her twin, Mildred H. (Pat) Morley, Atchison, KS, and their children, and by her monastic family.
Services to be held on Thursday, June 04, 2009 in the monastery chapel and with interment to follow in the monastic cemetery.
Sister Mariella was born to Leo and Hilda Geisen Pucka with her twin sister May 15, 1932. For a time, the family lived in Springfield, Illinois and then returned to Atchison. Sister Mariella was a graduate of Mount St. Scholastica Academy and Mount St. Scholastica College.
She entered the Mount community June 12, 1954, and made monastic profession December 13, 1955. For some 25 years, she gave first graders a firm and happy start in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa schools. She also served at Mineiros, Goias, Brazil, in the 1970's, helping in parish work at the Mount's dependent priory there. Sister Mariella also ministered to the aging at Holy Name, Topeka, Kansas. When she returned to Atchison, she was hospitality minister and director of housekeeping.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her twin, Mildred H. (Pat) Morley, Atchison, KS, and their children, and by her monastic family.
Services to be held on Thursday, June 04, 2009 in the monastery chapel and with interment to follow in the monastic cemetery.
Sr. Mariella Pucka, died June 1, 2009 at Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, KS.
Sister Mariella was born to Leo and Hilda Geisen Pucka with her twin sister May 15, 1932. For a time, the family lived in Springfield, Illinois and then returned to Atchison. Sister Mariella was a graduate of Mount St. Scholastica Academy and Mount St. Scholastica College.
She entered the Mount community June 12, 1954, and made monastic profession December 13, 1955. For some 25 years, she gave first graders a firm and happy start in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa schools. She also served at Mineiros, Goias, Brazil, in the 1970's, helping in parish work at the Mount's dependent priory there. Sister Mariella also ministered to the aging at Holy Name, Topeka, Kansas. When she returned to Atchison, she was hospitality minister and director of housekeeping.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her twin, Mildred H. (Pat) Morley, Atchison, KS, and their children, and by her monastic family.
Services to be held on Thursday, June 04, 2009 in the monastery chapel and with interment to follow in the monastic cemetery.
Sister Mariella was born to Leo and Hilda Geisen Pucka with her twin sister May 15, 1932. For a time, the family lived in Springfield, Illinois and then returned to Atchison. Sister Mariella was a graduate of Mount St. Scholastica Academy and Mount St. Scholastica College.
She entered the Mount community June 12, 1954, and made monastic profession December 13, 1955. For some 25 years, she gave first graders a firm and happy start in Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa schools. She also served at Mineiros, Goias, Brazil, in the 1970's, helping in parish work at the Mount's dependent priory there. Sister Mariella also ministered to the aging at Holy Name, Topeka, Kansas. When she returned to Atchison, she was hospitality minister and director of housekeeping.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her twin, Mildred H. (Pat) Morley, Atchison, KS, and their children, and by her monastic family.
Services to be held on Thursday, June 04, 2009 in the monastery chapel and with interment to follow in the monastic cemetery.
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