Sister Jeanice Lohman, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 99, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse. Mary Clara Gertrude was born to Bernard and Mary (Fullenkamp) Lohman on April 23, 1914, in West Point, Iowa.
She entered St. Rose Convent in 1932, where she received the name, Sister Jeanice. Entering the teaching profession, Sister Jeanice served for three years as an elementary teacher and 11 years as a secondary teacher in parochial schools in Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin. From 1950-1964 she served as supervisor of elementary and secondary schools for the Diocese of La Crosse, and the schools staffed by the FSPA congregation. Sister Jeanice was elected as FSPA Assistant to the Mother General, a position she held for six years, while continuing to be Director of Education for the congregation. For the next 10 years, Sister Jeanice was Coordinator of St. Rose Convent. After a sabbatical year she was hired by Viterbo College as manager of housekeeping. In 1990, she moved back to St. Rose where she was tour guide, heritage curator, gift shop manager and part-time receptionist until her retirement in 1995. She made the Villa her home in 2006.
Sister Jeanice is survived by her Franciscan Community; three sisters, Mary Catherine Scolaro, Geraldine Corn, and Monica (Lane) Mathena; two brothers, Bernard Lohman, and Urban Lohman; and nieces and nephews, including her cousin, Sister Ann Pollpeter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Albert and Norbert; and four sisters, Margaret, Rita, Elizabeth and Jeanice.
Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse.
She entered St. Rose Convent in 1932, where she received the name, Sister Jeanice. Entering the teaching profession, Sister Jeanice served for three years as an elementary teacher and 11 years as a secondary teacher in parochial schools in Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin. From 1950-1964 she served as supervisor of elementary and secondary schools for the Diocese of La Crosse, and the schools staffed by the FSPA congregation. Sister Jeanice was elected as FSPA Assistant to the Mother General, a position she held for six years, while continuing to be Director of Education for the congregation. For the next 10 years, Sister Jeanice was Coordinator of St. Rose Convent. After a sabbatical year she was hired by Viterbo College as manager of housekeeping. In 1990, she moved back to St. Rose where she was tour guide, heritage curator, gift shop manager and part-time receptionist until her retirement in 1995. She made the Villa her home in 2006.
Sister Jeanice is survived by her Franciscan Community; three sisters, Mary Catherine Scolaro, Geraldine Corn, and Monica (Lane) Mathena; two brothers, Bernard Lohman, and Urban Lohman; and nieces and nephews, including her cousin, Sister Ann Pollpeter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Albert and Norbert; and four sisters, Margaret, Rita, Elizabeth and Jeanice.
Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse.
Sister Jeanice Lohman, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 99, died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse. Mary Clara Gertrude was born to Bernard and Mary (Fullenkamp) Lohman on April 23, 1914, in West Point, Iowa.
She entered St. Rose Convent in 1932, where she received the name, Sister Jeanice. Entering the teaching profession, Sister Jeanice served for three years as an elementary teacher and 11 years as a secondary teacher in parochial schools in Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin. From 1950-1964 she served as supervisor of elementary and secondary schools for the Diocese of La Crosse, and the schools staffed by the FSPA congregation. Sister Jeanice was elected as FSPA Assistant to the Mother General, a position she held for six years, while continuing to be Director of Education for the congregation. For the next 10 years, Sister Jeanice was Coordinator of St. Rose Convent. After a sabbatical year she was hired by Viterbo College as manager of housekeeping. In 1990, she moved back to St. Rose where she was tour guide, heritage curator, gift shop manager and part-time receptionist until her retirement in 1995. She made the Villa her home in 2006.
Sister Jeanice is survived by her Franciscan Community; three sisters, Mary Catherine Scolaro, Geraldine Corn, and Monica (Lane) Mathena; two brothers, Bernard Lohman, and Urban Lohman; and nieces and nephews, including her cousin, Sister Ann Pollpeter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Albert and Norbert; and four sisters, Margaret, Rita, Elizabeth and Jeanice.
Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse.
She entered St. Rose Convent in 1932, where she received the name, Sister Jeanice. Entering the teaching profession, Sister Jeanice served for three years as an elementary teacher and 11 years as a secondary teacher in parochial schools in Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin. From 1950-1964 she served as supervisor of elementary and secondary schools for the Diocese of La Crosse, and the schools staffed by the FSPA congregation. Sister Jeanice was elected as FSPA Assistant to the Mother General, a position she held for six years, while continuing to be Director of Education for the congregation. For the next 10 years, Sister Jeanice was Coordinator of St. Rose Convent. After a sabbatical year she was hired by Viterbo College as manager of housekeeping. In 1990, she moved back to St. Rose where she was tour guide, heritage curator, gift shop manager and part-time receptionist until her retirement in 1995. She made the Villa her home in 2006.
Sister Jeanice is survived by her Franciscan Community; three sisters, Mary Catherine Scolaro, Geraldine Corn, and Monica (Lane) Mathena; two brothers, Bernard Lohman, and Urban Lohman; and nieces and nephews, including her cousin, Sister Ann Pollpeter.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Albert and Norbert; and four sisters, Margaret, Rita, Elizabeth and Jeanice.
Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse.
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