St. Cloud Times (Saint Cloud, Minnesota)12 Jan 1999, Tue Page 4
NOV 13, 1914-JAN. 11,1999 Services will be 3:30 pm Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel, St. Joseph, for Sister Michael Kilmer, 84, who died Monday at St Scholastica Convent Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call from 1:30 to 6 pm Wednesday at St Scholastica Convent and after 7 pm Wednesday and 9 am Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel There will be a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the monastery chapel in St Joseph. Sister Michael Kilmer was born in New York to Joyce and Aline (Murray) Kilmer. She entered St. Benedict's Monastery on June 20, 1934; made her first vows on July 11, 1935; and final vows on Jury 11, 1938. After earning her teaching certificate from Dickinson State Teachers College in North Dakota, she taught at schools in Wadena, Bismarck, ND, and White Earth. She then earned her degree in biology from the College of St Benedict, studied medical technology at St Cloud Hospital and did graduate work in Atlanta and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. She achieved national recognition in that field in the 1940s. While working in the pathology laboratory at St. Cloud Hospital, she also taught chemistry and microbiology at St. Cloud School of Nursing and directed die School of Medical Technology for eight years. She later was administrator of Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. Due to ill health, she retired to St. Scholastica Convent in 1990, where she continued to participate in Retired Senior Volunteer Program and Fish Programs. Survivors include nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
From the Chronicles: October 31, 1978
“Sister Michael Kilmer was recently recognized for her volunteer work with FISH, an emergency aid organization to help people in need; she was awarded the Volunteer Certificate of Recognition for an outstanding citizen of St. Cloud and the State of Minnesota.”
Michael (Deborah) Kilmer (1914–1999) was born in New York City to poets Joyce and Aline Murray Kilmer. Her father was killed in France in WWI when she was 3 years old. She came to Saint Benedict’s hoping to become a missionary. Instead, she became a medical technician and spent 20 years in the St. Cloud Hospital lab while also teaching in the schools of nursing and medical technology. Later, she was administrator of nursing homes in Albany and Cold Spring, served in several capacities in the motherhouse and college and was active in volunteer programs. She was noted for insatiable curiosity. She was an avid reader and devoted to the legacy of her poet-parents.
NOV 13, 1914-JAN. 11,1999 Services will be 3:30 pm Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel, St. Joseph, for Sister Michael Kilmer, 84, who died Monday at St Scholastica Convent Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call from 1:30 to 6 pm Wednesday at St Scholastica Convent and after 7 pm Wednesday and 9 am Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel There will be a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the monastery chapel in St Joseph. Sister Michael Kilmer was born in New York to Joyce and Aline (Murray) Kilmer. She entered St. Benedict's Monastery on June 20, 1934; made her first vows on July 11, 1935; and final vows on Jury 11, 1938. After earning her teaching certificate from Dickinson State Teachers College in North Dakota, she taught at schools in Wadena, Bismarck, ND, and White Earth. She then earned her degree in biology from the College of St Benedict, studied medical technology at St Cloud Hospital and did graduate work in Atlanta and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. She achieved national recognition in that field in the 1940s. While working in the pathology laboratory at St. Cloud Hospital, she also taught chemistry and microbiology at St. Cloud School of Nursing and directed die School of Medical Technology for eight years. She later was administrator of Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. Due to ill health, she retired to St. Scholastica Convent in 1990, where she continued to participate in Retired Senior Volunteer Program and Fish Programs. Survivors include nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
From the Chronicles: October 31, 1978
“Sister Michael Kilmer was recently recognized for her volunteer work with FISH, an emergency aid organization to help people in need; she was awarded the Volunteer Certificate of Recognition for an outstanding citizen of St. Cloud and the State of Minnesota.”
Michael (Deborah) Kilmer (1914–1999) was born in New York City to poets Joyce and Aline Murray Kilmer. Her father was killed in France in WWI when she was 3 years old. She came to Saint Benedict’s hoping to become a missionary. Instead, she became a medical technician and spent 20 years in the St. Cloud Hospital lab while also teaching in the schools of nursing and medical technology. Later, she was administrator of nursing homes in Albany and Cold Spring, served in several capacities in the motherhouse and college and was active in volunteer programs. She was noted for insatiable curiosity. She was an avid reader and devoted to the legacy of her poet-parents.
St. Cloud Times (Saint Cloud, Minnesota)12 Jan 1999, Tue Page 4
NOV 13, 1914-JAN. 11,1999 Services will be 3:30 pm Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel, St. Joseph, for Sister Michael Kilmer, 84, who died Monday at St Scholastica Convent Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call from 1:30 to 6 pm Wednesday at St Scholastica Convent and after 7 pm Wednesday and 9 am Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel There will be a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the monastery chapel in St Joseph. Sister Michael Kilmer was born in New York to Joyce and Aline (Murray) Kilmer. She entered St. Benedict's Monastery on June 20, 1934; made her first vows on July 11, 1935; and final vows on Jury 11, 1938. After earning her teaching certificate from Dickinson State Teachers College in North Dakota, she taught at schools in Wadena, Bismarck, ND, and White Earth. She then earned her degree in biology from the College of St Benedict, studied medical technology at St Cloud Hospital and did graduate work in Atlanta and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. She achieved national recognition in that field in the 1940s. While working in the pathology laboratory at St. Cloud Hospital, she also taught chemistry and microbiology at St. Cloud School of Nursing and directed die School of Medical Technology for eight years. She later was administrator of Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. Due to ill health, she retired to St. Scholastica Convent in 1990, where she continued to participate in Retired Senior Volunteer Program and Fish Programs. Survivors include nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
From the Chronicles: October 31, 1978
“Sister Michael Kilmer was recently recognized for her volunteer work with FISH, an emergency aid organization to help people in need; she was awarded the Volunteer Certificate of Recognition for an outstanding citizen of St. Cloud and the State of Minnesota.”
Michael (Deborah) Kilmer (1914–1999) was born in New York City to poets Joyce and Aline Murray Kilmer. Her father was killed in France in WWI when she was 3 years old. She came to Saint Benedict’s hoping to become a missionary. Instead, she became a medical technician and spent 20 years in the St. Cloud Hospital lab while also teaching in the schools of nursing and medical technology. Later, she was administrator of nursing homes in Albany and Cold Spring, served in several capacities in the motherhouse and college and was active in volunteer programs. She was noted for insatiable curiosity. She was an avid reader and devoted to the legacy of her poet-parents.
NOV 13, 1914-JAN. 11,1999 Services will be 3:30 pm Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel, St. Joseph, for Sister Michael Kilmer, 84, who died Monday at St Scholastica Convent Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call from 1:30 to 6 pm Wednesday at St Scholastica Convent and after 7 pm Wednesday and 9 am Thursday at St Benedict's Monastery Chapel There will be a vigil prayer service at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the monastery chapel in St Joseph. Sister Michael Kilmer was born in New York to Joyce and Aline (Murray) Kilmer. She entered St. Benedict's Monastery on June 20, 1934; made her first vows on July 11, 1935; and final vows on Jury 11, 1938. After earning her teaching certificate from Dickinson State Teachers College in North Dakota, she taught at schools in Wadena, Bismarck, ND, and White Earth. She then earned her degree in biology from the College of St Benedict, studied medical technology at St Cloud Hospital and did graduate work in Atlanta and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. She achieved national recognition in that field in the 1940s. While working in the pathology laboratory at St. Cloud Hospital, she also taught chemistry and microbiology at St. Cloud School of Nursing and directed die School of Medical Technology for eight years. She later was administrator of Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany. Due to ill health, she retired to St. Scholastica Convent in 1990, where she continued to participate in Retired Senior Volunteer Program and Fish Programs. Survivors include nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.
From the Chronicles: October 31, 1978
“Sister Michael Kilmer was recently recognized for her volunteer work with FISH, an emergency aid organization to help people in need; she was awarded the Volunteer Certificate of Recognition for an outstanding citizen of St. Cloud and the State of Minnesota.”
Michael (Deborah) Kilmer (1914–1999) was born in New York City to poets Joyce and Aline Murray Kilmer. Her father was killed in France in WWI when she was 3 years old. She came to Saint Benedict’s hoping to become a missionary. Instead, she became a medical technician and spent 20 years in the St. Cloud Hospital lab while also teaching in the schools of nursing and medical technology. Later, she was administrator of nursing homes in Albany and Cold Spring, served in several capacities in the motherhouse and college and was active in volunteer programs. She was noted for insatiable curiosity. She was an avid reader and devoted to the legacy of her poet-parents.
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