Sister Margaret Jane Meisner

1936 - 2017  (80 years)

• Name	Margaret Jane Meisner
  Prefix	Sister
  Born	16 Apr 1936	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Jan 2017	Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
  Buried	Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Cemetery, Nazareth, Nelson County, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I449390	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Aloysius Frank Meisner,   b. 9 Jan 1910, Gilmans, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 23 Apr 1967, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Frances Tillie Hoffman,   b. 6 Jul 1907, Ferdinand, Dubois County, Indiana, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1989, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	Abt 1927	USA
  Family ID	F19769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Obituary for Sister Margaret Jane Meisner SCN Margaret Meisner, SCN, 80, a native of Louisville, KY, died at Nazareth Home on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. She had been a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 61 years. For 20 years, Sister Margaret?s ministry was in education. She taught primary grades in Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, and Kentucky, including Community Catholic School in Louisville. Sister Margaret later served in parish ministry in Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Belize. In 1979, an interest in contemplative prayer led to Sister Margaret spending months in solitude, living in a shelter she built herself at the Transfiguration House of Prayer facility in Butler, PA. In 1990, Sister Margaret began her ministry in Arkansas, where she lived for more than 25 years. At St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock, Sister Margaret served as the director of guest relations and as a patient representative. Sister Margaret is survived by a brother, Maurice Meisner, of Louisville, KY, her nieces and nephews, and by her religious community. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Nazareth, KY, at 10:30 am on Friday, January 13 followed by burial in Nazareth Cemetery. The celebrant at the Mass will be Father Mark Stengel, OSB. Visitation will be from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Nazareth Home on Thursday, January 12 and after 4:00 p.m. in St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, KY. There will be a Prayer Service in St. Vincent Church at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening. Funeral Arrangements are being handled by Ratterman Funeral Home, 3800 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Ky. Memorials may be made to Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, Ky. 40048.