FREMONT: Sr. Florence Marie Simonis, RSM, a Sister of Mercy returned to her loving and merciful God in peace, after suffering many years of physical disability. She died Saturday, November 6, 2010 at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH.
Sr. Florence Marie Simonis, formerly Sr. Mary Laurene, RSM. was born August 19, 1917 in Toledo, OH to Frances (Derflinger) and Charles Simonis. A graduate of Libbey High School, Toledo, she received her Baccalaureate Degree In education and history from Mary Manse College in Toledo, OH and was certified by the State of Ohio as an elementary school teacher.
Sr. Florence Marie entered the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa on February 2, 1937 and professed her final vows in Cincinnati, OH in 1942. For forty-seven (47) years her ministry as a Sister of Mercy was teaching primary grades in elementary schools in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, Holy Angels School in Sandusky, OH, St. Vincent de Paul School in Toledo, OH, St. Ann's School in Fremont, OH, St. Mary's School in Vermilion, OH, St. Peter 's School in Upper Sandusky, OH, St. Catherine School in Toledo, OH, and Ascension School in Cleveland, OH. She then transferred to Our Lady of the Pines Retreat Center and was responsible for Altar Breads and Dietary duties. In 1995, she retired at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH.
Sr. Florence Marie was a quiet, loving, happy, unassuming Sister. She had a infectious smile. When she was able, she loved to paint sun catchers, play cards, and take long walks. Her passion was praying and reading. She was reading her library book the evening before she died.
Sr. Florence Marie is survived by nieces and nephews, especially Robert Osenbaugh, Winnie M. Chasteen, Robert Simonis, Linda Kuehling, Joyce Hamrich, Leigh Dzuk, Barbara Gruber, and her Sisters in the Mercy Community. Preceding her in death were her parents; her brother, Robert Simonis; and her sisters, Mary Osenbaugh and Ruth Simonis
Visitation and Funeral Mass will be at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection will be 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel at St. Bernardine Home. Burial will be on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery.
Keller-Ochs-Koch-Mason Funeral & Cremation Service, 416 S. Arch Street, Fremont, Ohio has been entrusted with arrangements.
Published in the The News-Messenger on November 9, 2010
Sister Florence Marie Simonis died unexpectedly but peacefully as her breakfast tray was served at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, Ohio.
She was a Sister of Mercy for 73 years.
An educator for 47 years in Tennessee and northern Ohio, Sister Florence Marie's special ministry was teaching first grade. She loved reading and read a library book the evening before her death.
Sister Florence Marie died shortly before her Feast Day, which is November 11, and Oreo ice cream pie, which she already had selected for the day, was served in her memory.
Sr. Florence Marie Simonis, formerly Sr. Mary Laurene, RSM. was born August 19, 1917 in Toledo, OH to Frances (Derflinger) and Charles Simonis. A graduate of Libbey High School, Toledo, she received her Baccalaureate Degree In education and history from Mary Manse College in Toledo, OH and was certified by the State of Ohio as an elementary school teacher.
Sr. Florence Marie entered the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa on February 2, 1937 and professed her final vows in Cincinnati, OH in 1942. For forty-seven (47) years her ministry as a Sister of Mercy was teaching primary grades in elementary schools in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, Holy Angels School in Sandusky, OH, St. Vincent de Paul School in Toledo, OH, St. Ann's School in Fremont, OH, St. Mary's School in Vermilion, OH, St. Peter 's School in Upper Sandusky, OH, St. Catherine School in Toledo, OH, and Ascension School in Cleveland, OH. She then transferred to Our Lady of the Pines Retreat Center and was responsible for Altar Breads and Dietary duties. In 1995, she retired at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH.
Sr. Florence Marie was a quiet, loving, happy, unassuming Sister. She had a infectious smile. When she was able, she loved to paint sun catchers, play cards, and take long walks. Her passion was praying and reading. She was reading her library book the evening before she died.
Sr. Florence Marie is survived by nieces and nephews, especially Robert Osenbaugh, Winnie M. Chasteen, Robert Simonis, Linda Kuehling, Joyce Hamrich, Leigh Dzuk, Barbara Gruber, and her Sisters in the Mercy Community. Preceding her in death were her parents; her brother, Robert Simonis; and her sisters, Mary Osenbaugh and Ruth Simonis
Visitation and Funeral Mass will be at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection will be 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel at St. Bernardine Home. Burial will be on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery.
Keller-Ochs-Koch-Mason Funeral & Cremation Service, 416 S. Arch Street, Fremont, Ohio has been entrusted with arrangements.
Published in the The News-Messenger on November 9, 2010
Sister Florence Marie Simonis died unexpectedly but peacefully as her breakfast tray was served at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, Ohio.
She was a Sister of Mercy for 73 years.
An educator for 47 years in Tennessee and northern Ohio, Sister Florence Marie's special ministry was teaching first grade. She loved reading and read a library book the evening before her death.
Sister Florence Marie died shortly before her Feast Day, which is November 11, and Oreo ice cream pie, which she already had selected for the day, was served in her memory.
FREMONT: Sr. Florence Marie Simonis, RSM, a Sister of Mercy returned to her loving and merciful God in peace, after suffering many years of physical disability. She died Saturday, November 6, 2010 at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH.
Sr. Florence Marie Simonis, formerly Sr. Mary Laurene, RSM. was born August 19, 1917 in Toledo, OH to Frances (Derflinger) and Charles Simonis. A graduate of Libbey High School, Toledo, she received her Baccalaureate Degree In education and history from Mary Manse College in Toledo, OH and was certified by the State of Ohio as an elementary school teacher.
Sr. Florence Marie entered the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa on February 2, 1937 and professed her final vows in Cincinnati, OH in 1942. For forty-seven (47) years her ministry as a Sister of Mercy was teaching primary grades in elementary schools in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, Holy Angels School in Sandusky, OH, St. Vincent de Paul School in Toledo, OH, St. Ann's School in Fremont, OH, St. Mary's School in Vermilion, OH, St. Peter 's School in Upper Sandusky, OH, St. Catherine School in Toledo, OH, and Ascension School in Cleveland, OH. She then transferred to Our Lady of the Pines Retreat Center and was responsible for Altar Breads and Dietary duties. In 1995, she retired at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH.
Sr. Florence Marie was a quiet, loving, happy, unassuming Sister. She had a infectious smile. When she was able, she loved to paint sun catchers, play cards, and take long walks. Her passion was praying and reading. She was reading her library book the evening before she died.
Sr. Florence Marie is survived by nieces and nephews, especially Robert Osenbaugh, Winnie M. Chasteen, Robert Simonis, Linda Kuehling, Joyce Hamrich, Leigh Dzuk, Barbara Gruber, and her Sisters in the Mercy Community. Preceding her in death were her parents; her brother, Robert Simonis; and her sisters, Mary Osenbaugh and Ruth Simonis
Visitation and Funeral Mass will be at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection will be 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel at St. Bernardine Home. Burial will be on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery.
Keller-Ochs-Koch-Mason Funeral & Cremation Service, 416 S. Arch Street, Fremont, Ohio has been entrusted with arrangements.
Published in the The News-Messenger on November 9, 2010
Sister Florence Marie Simonis died unexpectedly but peacefully as her breakfast tray was served at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, Ohio.
She was a Sister of Mercy for 73 years.
An educator for 47 years in Tennessee and northern Ohio, Sister Florence Marie's special ministry was teaching first grade. She loved reading and read a library book the evening before her death.
Sister Florence Marie died shortly before her Feast Day, which is November 11, and Oreo ice cream pie, which she already had selected for the day, was served in her memory.
Sr. Florence Marie Simonis, formerly Sr. Mary Laurene, RSM. was born August 19, 1917 in Toledo, OH to Frances (Derflinger) and Charles Simonis. A graduate of Libbey High School, Toledo, she received her Baccalaureate Degree In education and history from Mary Manse College in Toledo, OH and was certified by the State of Ohio as an elementary school teacher.
Sr. Florence Marie entered the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa on February 2, 1937 and professed her final vows in Cincinnati, OH in 1942. For forty-seven (47) years her ministry as a Sister of Mercy was teaching primary grades in elementary schools in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee, Holy Angels School in Sandusky, OH, St. Vincent de Paul School in Toledo, OH, St. Ann's School in Fremont, OH, St. Mary's School in Vermilion, OH, St. Peter 's School in Upper Sandusky, OH, St. Catherine School in Toledo, OH, and Ascension School in Cleveland, OH. She then transferred to Our Lady of the Pines Retreat Center and was responsible for Altar Breads and Dietary duties. In 1995, she retired at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH.
Sr. Florence Marie was a quiet, loving, happy, unassuming Sister. She had a infectious smile. When she was able, she loved to paint sun catchers, play cards, and take long walks. Her passion was praying and reading. She was reading her library book the evening before she died.
Sr. Florence Marie is survived by nieces and nephews, especially Robert Osenbaugh, Winnie M. Chasteen, Robert Simonis, Linda Kuehling, Joyce Hamrich, Leigh Dzuk, Barbara Gruber, and her Sisters in the Mercy Community. Preceding her in death were her parents; her brother, Robert Simonis; and her sisters, Mary Osenbaugh and Ruth Simonis
Visitation and Funeral Mass will be at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, OH on Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection will be 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel at St. Bernardine Home. Burial will be on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery.
Keller-Ochs-Koch-Mason Funeral & Cremation Service, 416 S. Arch Street, Fremont, Ohio has been entrusted with arrangements.
Published in the The News-Messenger on November 9, 2010
Sister Florence Marie Simonis died unexpectedly but peacefully as her breakfast tray was served at St. Bernardine Home in Fremont, Ohio.
She was a Sister of Mercy for 73 years.
An educator for 47 years in Tennessee and northern Ohio, Sister Florence Marie's special ministry was teaching first grade. She loved reading and read a library book the evening before her death.
Sister Florence Marie died shortly before her Feast Day, which is November 11, and Oreo ice cream pie, which she already had selected for the day, was served in her memory.
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