Sister Mary Josephine Gellhaus
GELLHAUS, OSU (1911-2004) Sister Mary Josephine Gellhaus, OSU, died on July 6, 2004, at the Ursuline Motherhouse in Paola. The wake service will be held on Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. in the Ursuline Chapel, 901 E. Miami, and the funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Paola. Sister Josephine was born Lucy Josephine Gellhaus on February 4, 1911, in Greeley, KS, the daughter of Frank and Josephine Beckmann Gellhaus. She was received into the community of Ursuline Sisters as Sister Mary Josephine on June 10, 1931, and made her final profession of vows on August 18, 1935. Sister Josephine taught in Catholic schools in Kansas and Oklahoma for 39 years: St. Patrick's in Paola, 19351938; St. Philip's in Osawatomie, 19381940; Holy Name in KCK, 1940-1943; Ursuline Academy, 1943-1944; Immaculate Conception in Tulsa, 19441946; St. John's in Bartlesville, 19461949 and 1957-1958; Holy Angels in Garnett, 1949-1951; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Overland Park, 1951-1957; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Wea, 19581963; St. Agnes, Roeland Park, 19631968; Bishop Miege High School, 1968-1975. For the past 29 years she has devoted herself to community service at the Ursuline Convent in Paola. Sister Josephine received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Home Economics from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison and did advanced studies at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Preceding her in death were her parents and brothers, Theodore, Bernard and Leo, and sister, Cecilia. She is survived by a sister, Rose Lickteig of Seward, NE; a brother, Joseph Gellhaus and his wife, Irene, of Greeley, KS; many nieces and nephews; and her Ursuline Sisters. Sister Josephine was loyal and steadfast in her faith and in her commitment to the Church, to her religious community and to her family. She was an avid seamstress, gardener and animal and canary lover. We will miss her. (Arrangements: Wilson & Son Funeral Home, Paola, KS, 913-294-2372)
Published in the Kansas City Star on 7/8/2004.
GELLHAUS, OSU (1911-2004) Sister Mary Josephine Gellhaus, OSU, died on July 6, 2004, at the Ursuline Motherhouse in Paola. The wake service will be held on Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. in the Ursuline Chapel, 901 E. Miami, and the funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Paola. Sister Josephine was born Lucy Josephine Gellhaus on February 4, 1911, in Greeley, KS, the daughter of Frank and Josephine Beckmann Gellhaus. She was received into the community of Ursuline Sisters as Sister Mary Josephine on June 10, 1931, and made her final profession of vows on August 18, 1935. Sister Josephine taught in Catholic schools in Kansas and Oklahoma for 39 years: St. Patrick's in Paola, 19351938; St. Philip's in Osawatomie, 19381940; Holy Name in KCK, 1940-1943; Ursuline Academy, 1943-1944; Immaculate Conception in Tulsa, 19441946; St. John's in Bartlesville, 19461949 and 1957-1958; Holy Angels in Garnett, 1949-1951; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Overland Park, 1951-1957; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Wea, 19581963; St. Agnes, Roeland Park, 19631968; Bishop Miege High School, 1968-1975. For the past 29 years she has devoted herself to community service at the Ursuline Convent in Paola. Sister Josephine received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Home Economics from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison and did advanced studies at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Preceding her in death were her parents and brothers, Theodore, Bernard and Leo, and sister, Cecilia. She is survived by a sister, Rose Lickteig of Seward, NE; a brother, Joseph Gellhaus and his wife, Irene, of Greeley, KS; many nieces and nephews; and her Ursuline Sisters. Sister Josephine was loyal and steadfast in her faith and in her commitment to the Church, to her religious community and to her family. She was an avid seamstress, gardener and animal and canary lover. We will miss her. (Arrangements: Wilson & Son Funeral Home, Paola, KS, 913-294-2372)
Published in the Kansas City Star on 7/8/2004.
Sister Mary Josephine Gellhaus
GELLHAUS, OSU (1911-2004) Sister Mary Josephine Gellhaus, OSU, died on July 6, 2004, at the Ursuline Motherhouse in Paola. The wake service will be held on Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. in the Ursuline Chapel, 901 E. Miami, and the funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Paola. Sister Josephine was born Lucy Josephine Gellhaus on February 4, 1911, in Greeley, KS, the daughter of Frank and Josephine Beckmann Gellhaus. She was received into the community of Ursuline Sisters as Sister Mary Josephine on June 10, 1931, and made her final profession of vows on August 18, 1935. Sister Josephine taught in Catholic schools in Kansas and Oklahoma for 39 years: St. Patrick's in Paola, 19351938; St. Philip's in Osawatomie, 19381940; Holy Name in KCK, 1940-1943; Ursuline Academy, 1943-1944; Immaculate Conception in Tulsa, 19441946; St. John's in Bartlesville, 19461949 and 1957-1958; Holy Angels in Garnett, 1949-1951; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Overland Park, 1951-1957; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Wea, 19581963; St. Agnes, Roeland Park, 19631968; Bishop Miege High School, 1968-1975. For the past 29 years she has devoted herself to community service at the Ursuline Convent in Paola. Sister Josephine received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Home Economics from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison and did advanced studies at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Preceding her in death were her parents and brothers, Theodore, Bernard and Leo, and sister, Cecilia. She is survived by a sister, Rose Lickteig of Seward, NE; a brother, Joseph Gellhaus and his wife, Irene, of Greeley, KS; many nieces and nephews; and her Ursuline Sisters. Sister Josephine was loyal and steadfast in her faith and in her commitment to the Church, to her religious community and to her family. She was an avid seamstress, gardener and animal and canary lover. We will miss her. (Arrangements: Wilson & Son Funeral Home, Paola, KS, 913-294-2372)
Published in the Kansas City Star on 7/8/2004.
GELLHAUS, OSU (1911-2004) Sister Mary Josephine Gellhaus, OSU, died on July 6, 2004, at the Ursuline Motherhouse in Paola. The wake service will be held on Thursday, July 8, at 7 p.m. in the Ursuline Chapel, 901 E. Miami, and the funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 9, at 10:30 a.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Paola. Sister Josephine was born Lucy Josephine Gellhaus on February 4, 1911, in Greeley, KS, the daughter of Frank and Josephine Beckmann Gellhaus. She was received into the community of Ursuline Sisters as Sister Mary Josephine on June 10, 1931, and made her final profession of vows on August 18, 1935. Sister Josephine taught in Catholic schools in Kansas and Oklahoma for 39 years: St. Patrick's in Paola, 19351938; St. Philip's in Osawatomie, 19381940; Holy Name in KCK, 1940-1943; Ursuline Academy, 1943-1944; Immaculate Conception in Tulsa, 19441946; St. John's in Bartlesville, 19461949 and 1957-1958; Holy Angels in Garnett, 1949-1951; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Overland Park, 1951-1957; Queen of the Holy Rosary, Wea, 19581963; St. Agnes, Roeland Park, 19631968; Bishop Miege High School, 1968-1975. For the past 29 years she has devoted herself to community service at the Ursuline Convent in Paola. Sister Josephine received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Home Economics from Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison and did advanced studies at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Preceding her in death were her parents and brothers, Theodore, Bernard and Leo, and sister, Cecilia. She is survived by a sister, Rose Lickteig of Seward, NE; a brother, Joseph Gellhaus and his wife, Irene, of Greeley, KS; many nieces and nephews; and her Ursuline Sisters. Sister Josephine was loyal and steadfast in her faith and in her commitment to the Church, to her religious community and to her family. She was an avid seamstress, gardener and animal and canary lover. We will miss her. (Arrangements: Wilson & Son Funeral Home, Paola, KS, 913-294-2372)
Published in the Kansas City Star on 7/8/2004.
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