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Sr Dorothy Stang

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Sr Dorothy Stang

Birth
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Feb 2005 (aged 73)
Pará, Brazil
Burial
Reading, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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"Sister Dorothy" as she was known, was a nun that devoted decades of her life defending peasant farmers and the rain forest from illegal loggers and ranchers. Sister Dorothy was shot to death in Brazil's Amazon jungle. She will be laid to rest in Anapu Brazil.
"Sister Dorothy" as she was known, was a nun that devoted decades of her life defending peasant farmers and the rain forest from illegal loggers and ranchers. Sister Dorothy was shot to death in Brazil's Amazon jungle. She will be laid to rest in Anapu Brazil.

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  • Created by: Judy Ahrens
  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43147733/dorothy-stang: accessed ), memorial page for Sr Dorothy Stang (7 Jun 1931–12 Feb 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43147733, citing Sisters of Notre Dame Cemetery, Reading, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Judy Ahrens (contributor 47134475).