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Sr. Andrew Donohue
Resurrection Sister Andrew (Noreen Rose) Donohue, 85, died Sept. 2 at Resurrection Life Center.
Born in Chicago, she was baptized at St. Jerome Parish and entered the congregation in 1950. She professed her final vows in 1958.
Sister Andrew taught at St. Mary of the Angels; St. Casimir (now Our Lady of Tepeyac); and Queen of the Rosary, Elk Grove Village, as well as in Nebraska and Indiana. She taught and was librarian at St. Casimir High School (now Our Lady of Tepeyac High School) and ministered at Resurrection Day Care.
Sister Andrew is survived by her sister, Sister Emmanuel Joseph, a Little Sister of the Poor.
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Fr. Arnold Lang
Divine Word Father Arnold Lang, 93, died Sept. 26 in Techny. He was an educator and missionary in Appalachia.
Born in Ohio, Arnold Langenkamp, who later changed his surname, began his studies with the Divine Word Missionaries in 1940, professed vows in 1946 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1953.
He taught biology to Divine Word seminary students in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Iowa.
In 1985, Father Lang was called to West Virginia, a relatively new mission for the Society of the Divine Word. He served in the state for 23 years.
Father Lang moved to Techny in retirement in 2008.
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Sr. Rosemary Schwer
Sister of Christian Charity Rosemary (Coronata) Schwer, 87, died Aug. 27 at Sacred Heart Convent, Wilmette.
Born in St. Louis, she entered the convent in 1946 and made her first vows in 1951.
She began her nursing training at St. Elizabeth Hospital in 1953, and then resided at St. Teresa Convent while taking classes at DePaul University (1956-1957).
She served as a nurse and organist at Sacred Heart Convent, Wilmette (1957-1963); served as a nurse and taught biology and health in Maria Immaculata Academy and in Mallinckrodt College (1967-1971).
She taught biology at the college again while living in Wilmette starting in 1979. In 1993, she moved to New Mexico to serve as a pastoral minister. She returned to Wilmette in 2005 and served in the leadership of her congregation.
She had served since 2012 in the ministry of care and bereavement at St. Joseph, Wilmette, and she was a member of the church choir.
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Sr. Theresia Scheuer
Adrian Dominican Sister Theresia (Mary Susan) Scheuer, 88, died Sept. 6 in Adrian, Michigan.
Born in Adrian, Michigan, she was in the 71st year of her religious life. She ministered in Michigan and Illinois.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at Ascension, Harvey (1954-1960).
She is survived by a sister, Jo Ann McKelvey.
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Sr. Camille Neubauer
Providence Sister Camille Neubauer, 79, died Aug. 14 in St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana.
Born in Washington, D.C., Sister Camille entered the Sisters of Providence in 1961 and professed final vows in 1969. She taught in schools in Missouri, Maryland and Illinois, then served as music director in parishes in Maryland and Virginia.
In 2002, she returned to the motherhouse in St. Mary of the Woods to serve as director of liturgy and music, and later was a volunteer receptionist at Woods Day Care and Providence Conference and Spirituality Center.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove (1975-1980).
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