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  • Br. Anthony Pistone

    Educator, missionary

    Marianist Brother Anthony Pistone, 82, died Dec. 6 in California.

    Born in Chicago, Brother Tony attended St. Michael Central High School. He entered the Society of Mary in 1952 and professed perpetual vows in 1959. 

    He taught at Marianist high schools in St. Louis, Milwaukee and Belleville, Illinois.

    He was assistant provincial for the Marianist Province of St. Louis (1987-1992).

    Later he served the poor in Bangalore, India, and was regional superior for the Marianists in that country. 

  • Sr. Margaret Ann Wilson

    Educator

    Providence Sister Margaret Ann (Gerard) Wilson, 89, died Dec. 7 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

    Born in Oklahoma, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1946 and professed final vows in 1953.

    She ministered in Indiana, Illinois and Oklahoma.  

    In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she served at Our Lady of Sorrows (1948-1953), Immaculate Conception (1962-1971) and St. Angela (1973-1997).

  • Sr. Adelaide Ortegel

    Educator, artist

    Providence Sister Adelaide Ortegel, 89, died Dec. 13 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

    Born in Chicago, she entered the Sisters of Providence from St. Francis Xavier Parish, Wilmette, in 1946 and professed final vows in 1954. 

    She ministered in Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and in the West Indies.  

    A gifted artist, Sister Adelaide was also a puppeteer, a mime and a clown, and she wrote several books on the integration of the arts with worship.  

    In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she served at St. Agnes (1950-1953); St. Mark (1957-1958); Mother Theodore Guerin High School, River Grove (1963-1970, 1979-1988, 1989-1997, 2000-2007); and the Center for Contemporary Celebration, Hyde Park (1970-1974, 1978-1979). 

    In 2011, she retired to the motherhouse. She continued to paint and occasionally put on a puppet show. Beginning in 2015, she dedicated herself to the ministry of prayer.

    She is survived by a sister, Carol Ulbert.

  • Sr. Dolores O’Dwyer

    Educator

    BVM Sister Dolores (Wilmetta) O’Dwyer, 94, died Dec. 16 in Dubuque, Iowa. 

    Born in San Francisco, she entered the BVM congregation in 1941 and professed final vows in 1949.

    In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Dolores taught at St. Odilo, Berwyn. She also taught in Washington, Oregon and California.

  • Sr. Brideen Fohey

    Teacher, chaplain

    Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Brideen Fohey, 88, died Dec. 18 in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.

    Born in Milwaukee, Sister Brideen made her first religious profession in 1951 and her final profession in 1956. 

    She ministered in music as a teacher, organist, piano teacher and accompanist, and as a hospital chaplain, pastoral associate and liturgist. She served in Illinois, Wyoming, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico and Canada. 

    In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Brideen taught at Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity, Winnetka (1951-1953), and St. Cajetan (1964-1965), and taught private piano lessons in the Zion area (1993-1994). 

    She is survived by a sister, Edith Payleitner.

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