She was born Oct. 17, 1926, on a farm south of Bazine to Martin and Anna (Depperschmidt) Stoecklein.
She began her postulancy on Aug. 27, 1941, at the Mother House of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. On July 1, 1942, she received the Holy Habit. She made her first vows July 1, 1943. Her first mission was at a hospital in Artesia, N.M. and Stillwater, Okla. In 1948, she received her registered nursing degree from St. Mary Hospital, Enid, Okla., and a bachelor's degree in nursing form Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. in 1968. Her 55 years of ministry included Enid, Tulsa, Okla., Stillwater, Artesia, Carlsbad, N.M., David City, Neb., Marion, Washington, Mo., and Wichita Center since 1987 where she also trained nurses.
Survivors include five brothers, Melvin, Independence, Mo., Leonard, Ness City, Jim, Hutchinson; Don, Spring Hill, Martin Jr., Eufaula, Okla.; and six sisters, LuVera Rohr, Great Bend, Cleo Werth, Hutchinson, Mary Ann Pavlu, Brownell, Sister Darlene Stoecklein, El Paso, Texas, Betty Gassman, Manhattan, and Donna Werth, Great Bend.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorthy and Judith, three brothers, Harvey, Gary and an infant.
Services were today at the Mother House of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Wichita, with Father Thomas Welk officiating; burial in the Convent Cemetery, Wichita. Memorials are suggested to the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sisters Retirement Fund.
Hays Daily News, 5/7/2002
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Received: Obituary on Feb 28, 2023.
From: David Haspert
She was born Oct. 17, 1926, on a farm south of Bazine to Martin and Anna (Depperschmidt) Stoecklein.
She began her postulancy on Aug. 27, 1941, at the Mother House of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ. On July 1, 1942, she received the Holy Habit. She made her first vows July 1, 1943. Her first mission was at a hospital in Artesia, N.M. and Stillwater, Okla. In 1948, she received her registered nursing degree from St. Mary Hospital, Enid, Okla., and a bachelor's degree in nursing form Creighton University, Omaha, Neb. in 1968. Her 55 years of ministry included Enid, Tulsa, Okla., Stillwater, Artesia, Carlsbad, N.M., David City, Neb., Marion, Washington, Mo., and Wichita Center since 1987 where she also trained nurses.
Survivors include five brothers, Melvin, Independence, Mo., Leonard, Ness City, Jim, Hutchinson; Don, Spring Hill, Martin Jr., Eufaula, Okla.; and six sisters, LuVera Rohr, Great Bend, Cleo Werth, Hutchinson, Mary Ann Pavlu, Brownell, Sister Darlene Stoecklein, El Paso, Texas, Betty Gassman, Manhattan, and Donna Werth, Great Bend.
She was preceded in death by two sisters, Dorthy and Judith, three brothers, Harvey, Gary and an infant.
Services were today at the Mother House of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Wichita, with Father Thomas Welk officiating; burial in the Convent Cemetery, Wichita. Memorials are suggested to the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sisters Retirement Fund.
Hays Daily News, 5/7/2002
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Received: Obituary on Feb 28, 2023.
From: David Haspert
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Harvey Joseph Stoecklein
1928–1941
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LuVera Agnes Stoecklein Rohr
1929–2012
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Cleo Alice Stoecklein Werth
1930–2014
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Melvin James Stoecklein
1932–2012
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Leonard Andrew Stoecklein
1933–2014
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Dorthy Mae Stoecklein
1938–1938
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Judith Jeannette Stoecklein
1939–1941
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Gary Lee Stoecklein
1940–1941
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Baby Boy Stoecklein
1944–1944
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Martin Stoecklein Jr
1945–2020
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