Sister Mercedes Dillenkoffer

1916 - 2004  (87 years)

• Name	Mercedes Dillenkoffer
  Prefix	Sister
  Nickname	Joanita
  Born	25 Oct 1916	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	15 Feb 2004	Louisiana, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I142578	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Joseph Jacob Dillenkoffer,   b. 4 Feb 1878, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 4 Dec 1949, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Anna Barbara Haerter,   b. 13 Sep 1884, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 22 Aug 1971, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F44789	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. 03289 Dillenkoffer - Joanita Dillenkoffer, (Sister) Ssnd, 87, Of Chatawa, Died Feb.15, 2004, At Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Wake Service Was Saturday, Feb. 21, 2004, At St. Mary Of The Pine, In Chatawa, With Mass Of Christian Burial There. The Rev. Gus Melito And The Rev. Robert Dore, Officiated. Burial Was In Chattawa Cemetery. Sister Dillenkoffer Was Born Oct. 25, 1916, In New Orleans And Given The Name Mercedes. She Was The Sixth Of Eight Children Born To Joseph And Anna (Haertner) Dillenkoffer. At Age 16, She Entered The School Sisters Of Notre Dame In St. Louis And Professed Her Vows In 1936. She Spent 46 Years Teaching The Primary Grades In St. Louis, In Louisiana At Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, Chalmette And Lake Charles, And In Texas At Liberty, Houston, Irving, Dallas And Tyler. She Served On The Staff Of The Ssnd Motherhouse In Irving Before Retiring In 1987 At St. Mary Of The Pine. Sister Dillenkoffer Was Preceded In Death By Her Parents And Her Siblings, Sister Alma, Agnes Donovan, Joseph Dillenkoffer Jr., William, John, George, And Theodore. Survivors Include Her Sister-In-Law Dee Dillenkoffer; Nieces And Nephews, Grand Nieces And Nephews, Great-Great Nieces And Nephews And Great-Great-Great Nieces And Nephews. Donations May Be Made To The School Sisters Of Notre Dame, P.O. Box 38, Chatawa Ms 39632 Hartman Funeral Home Of Mccomb Was In Charge Of The Arrangements. Times Picayune 03-9-2004