Catholic educator Sister Dolores Siebenmorgen dies at 95

Sister Dolores Marie Siebenmorgen, a School Sister of Notre Dame who spent over 25 years working in Catholic education across the country, died Jan. 17. She was 95.

Born to Apollonia Wewers and Herman Siebenmorgen Dec. 27, 1929, in Conway as Elizabeth Magdalene, Sister Dolores Marie followed in the footsteps of two of her older sisters and decided to pursue religious life. 

She became a candidate in St. Louis Aug. 31, 1950, and received into the novitiate July 29, 1952, and given the name Dolores Marie. She professed final vows July 31, 1959.

Sister Dolores Marie received a bachelor’s degree in English from San Diego College for Women in 1960 and a master’s degree in education from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in 1968. She ministered in Catholic education for more than 25 years, teaching in Illinois, California, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana before taking on pastoral work in Texas for three decades.

A memorial Mass was held at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 24 at Most Holy Trinity Church in Covington, La.

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