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Sr. Carole Mary Capoun
Felician Sister Carole Mary (Carole Mae, Mary Kenneth) Capoun, 77, died Feb. 13 in Our Lady of the Angels Convent.
Born in Chicago, she attended Noble Elementary School and Good Counsel High School. She entered the Felician Sisters in 1957 and professed her final vows in 1965. She ministered in elementary and high schools as a teacher and vice principal in Illinois. She served as director of Felician Associates for 30 years.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she ministered at St. Turibius (1960-1961), St. Joseph High School (1965-1969), Good Counsel High School (1969-1992), Holy Innocents (1992-2002) and Santa Maria Adolorata (2002-2004).
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Sr. Therese Mary Waughon
BVM Sister Therese Mary (John Francine) Waughon, 86, died March 15 in Dubuque, Iowa.
Born in Chicago, she entered the BVM congregation in 1948 from Mary Queen of Heaven Parish, Cicero. She professed final vows in 1956.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Therese Mary taught elementary school at St. Eulalia, Maywood; St. Joseph, Round Lake; St. Ferdinand; St. Dorothy; St. Gertrude; and Mary Queen of Heaven, Cicero. She also taught elementary school in Iowa and New York and was a hospital volunteer in Chicago.
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Sr. John Martha Knybel
School Sister of Notre Dame John Martha (Dolores Lorraine) Knybel, 92, died March 14 at Presence Holy Family Long Term Acute Care Hospital in Des Plaines.
She was a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 70 years.
Sister John Martha was born in Chicago and was baptized and went to school at St. John Cantius before attending St. Stanislaus Kostka High School. After high school, she worked for a year in an office and attended evening classes at De Paul University.
She entered the congregation in 1944 and took final vows in 1953.
She taught in Milwaukee before coming back to Chicago in 1958 to serve as a teacher and librarian at Cardinal Stritch High School. She served at Chicago schools, including St. Stanislaus Kostka and the Academy of Our Lady, until 1997. She then served as receptionist at Resurrection Life Center for 14 years.
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Sr. Catherine Lyons
Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Catherine (Marie Edmund) Lyons, 88, died March 13 in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.
Born in Chicago, Sister Catherine made her first religious profession in 1948. She made her final profession in 1951. She served in Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and California.
In the Archdiocese Chicago, Sister Catherine taught at Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity, Winnetka (1963-1968).
She is survived by a sister, Frances Wasowicz.
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Fr. Thomas Kass
Viatorian Father Thomas Kass, 70, died March 13.
Born in Chicago, he graduated from St. Patrick High School in 1964 and entered the Clerics of St. Viator novitiate that year. He professed first vows in 1965 and final vows in 1973. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1977 at St. Hedwig Church.
He earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in English language and literature, specializing in the life and works of Samuel Johnson.
He taught in Springfield, Illinois; served as a deacon at St. Viator Parish (1976-1977); and then taught at St. Viator High School, Arlington Heights (1977-1979). He taught at St. Anselm College, New Hampshire, from 1984 to 2008, then served the Viatorians as director of pre-novices, novices, priestly formation and as the formation team chair from 2008 to 2015.
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