Obit: Weiler, Sister Josephine Mary (1922 - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
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Surnames: Genger, Lavicka, Tulko, Weiler

----Source: The Record - Review (Abbotsford, WI) 11/20/2013

Weiler, Sister Josephine Mary (18 MAY 1922 - 18 NOV 2013)

Sister Josephine Mary Weiler, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 91, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, at Villa St. Joseph, La Crosse.

Josephine Mary was born on May 18, 1922, to Anton and Amelia Emma (Lavicka) Weiler in Athens. She entered St. Rose Convent in 1938, and made profession of vows in 1942 as Sister Mary Lourde. She later went back to her baptismal name.

Entering the field of education, Sister Josephine Mary taught on the elementary level for eleven years and then in high school for a year before moving on to college level. She served as a math and physics instructor at Viterbo College for fourteen years. In 1971 Sister Josephine Mary taught at St. James School and at Newman High School, both in Wausau, and then at a high school in St. Paul, Minn. She returned to Newman High School from 1979-1989 where she taught math, science and physics. For one year she served as Director of Curriculum at Newman and then as Administrative Assistant of Wausau Area Catholic Schools. In 1990 she moved to Loyal as principal. From 1992-2008 she served as tutor at Huntington Learning Center and Milwaukee Achievers Literacy Services for Adults. She was a volunteer at the Villa for a year before she retired to St. Rose Convent in 2010.

Sister Josephine Mary is survived by her Franciscan community; her sister, Martha (Leonard) Genger, West Allis; and her brother, Frank Weiler, Montello; and nieces and nephews. Her parents; her brothers, Anthony, Peter, Edward (infant), Lawrence, Paul (infant), Edward and James; and her sisters, Anne, Dolores and Catherine, preceded her in death.

Friends may call after 3:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, at St. Rose Convent, La Crosse. A prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m. in Mary of the Angels Chapel. Reverend Richard Tulko, OFM, will preside at the Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, in the chapel. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, La Crosse.

Memorials may be sent to Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, 912 Market Street, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601-4782.

Schumacher-Kisch Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.