Salina Journal – May. 2, 1984
CONCORDIA — Sister Agnes Virginia Engelbert, 86, Concordia, died Sunday at St. Mary's Convent, Concordia after a long illness.
Rose (Sister Agnes) was born May 7, 1898, at Beloit. She was a Sister of St. Joseph for 62 years and a career educator. She was librarian at Marymount College for 30 years from 1939 to 1969. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Aug. 15, 1921, and received the habit of the order on March 20, 1922. She pronounced final vows Aug. 15, 1927. She taught in schools staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Monet, Mo., and Manhattan and Junction City before being assigned to teaching and library services at Marymount College. After leaving Marymount, she served missions in Salina, Manhattan, and El Paso, Texas, before retiring to St. Mary's Convent in 1980.
She is survived by nephews and nieces.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Motherhouse Chapel, the Rev. Henry Kieffer, Motherhouse chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, on the grounds of the Motherhouse. The Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia was in charge.
Salina Journal – May. 2, 1984
CONCORDIA — Sister Agnes Virginia Engelbert, 86, Concordia, died Sunday at St. Mary's Convent, Concordia after a long illness.
Rose (Sister Agnes) was born May 7, 1898, at Beloit. She was a Sister of St. Joseph for 62 years and a career educator. She was librarian at Marymount College for 30 years from 1939 to 1969. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Aug. 15, 1921, and received the habit of the order on March 20, 1922. She pronounced final vows Aug. 15, 1927. She taught in schools staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Monet, Mo., and Manhattan and Junction City before being assigned to teaching and library services at Marymount College. After leaving Marymount, she served missions in Salina, Manhattan, and El Paso, Texas, before retiring to St. Mary's Convent in 1980.
She is survived by nephews and nieces.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Motherhouse Chapel, the Rev. Henry Kieffer, Motherhouse chaplain, officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, on the grounds of the Motherhouse. The Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home, Concordia was in charge.
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