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- [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur.
Proposed Change: Sister Alice Catherine Trimbur (I193495)
Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate
Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I193495&tree=Suedpfalz
Description: Died: Mount Alvernia Motherhouse, Millvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Source: Sister's obit here; www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20019070
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- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Sr Mary Joseph Trimbur
Birth: Sep. 27, 1918
Butler
Butler County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jun. 20, 2007
Millvale
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Arthur W Trimbur (1898 - 1942)
Clara C Shuler Trimbur (1897 - 1983)
Burial:
Sister of Saint Francis Cemetery
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: Michael Cannon
Record added: Jun 21, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 20019070
- [S927] Obituary.
Sister Mary Joseph
Trimbur, OSF, 88, formerly
of
Butler,
died
early
Wednesday
at the
Mount
Alvernia
motherhouse,
Millvale.
Born Alice Catherine
Trimbur, Sept. 27, 1918,
in Butler, she was the
daughter of Arthur W.
and Clara C. Schuler
Trimbur.
She entered into the
Congregation of the Sisters
of St. Francis on
Sept. 7. 1935, from the St.
Peter Parish, Butler.
After completing early
studies, she spent 47
years teaching in the elementary
schools in the
Diocese of Pittsburgh.
For 14 of those years, she
was the administrative
principal at Butler
Catholic School, which
was the largest elementary
school in the Diocese
of Pittsburgh. She
later was programs coordinator
at St. Peter
Parish.
After leaving Butler,
she ministered in pastoral
care at St. Francis
Medical Center until
2002. When failing health
brought her to the motherhouse
in Millvale, she
joined the Sisters in
Prayer Ministry.
Sister Mary Joseph will
always be fondly remembered
as someone very
special, always polite,
kind and thoughtful and
spreading her wonderful
sense of humor, even
during her last illness.
Special awards and
recognition were
received from the Butler
Fellowship of Churches-
Butler Catholic, Francis
A. Glenn Award for Ecumenical
Services and
Butler Catholic School,
in appreciation of 14
years of service as
administrative principal
in 1984.
She was among the
organizers of the ACLD
program, Butler Catholic
Charities. Her other
activities included the
Butler Fellowship of
Churches chaplaincy
chairperson; speaker,
Butler Adult Day Care
monthly film, talk, etc.;
Instructional Professional
Development Program
for Teachers, Butler area
schools; Ethics Committee,
Partners in Ministry
and the Helping Hands
teen volunteers, St. Francis
Medical Center; and
the Social Concerns,
Diocesan Group for Hospital
and Parish concerns.
Surviving are a brother,
Joseph Trimbur and
his wife, Cora; sisters,
Helen Marie Hohn and
her husband, George,
Catherine L. Doerr, Mary
Susanne Reeves and her
husband, William,
Frances Jeanne Lowe
and her husband, Alan
and Carolyn A. Grecco
and her husband, John; a
brother-in-law, Eugene
Mercurio; and nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in
death by two brothers,
Arthur and William; and
four sisters, Grace Mendus,
Dorothy Mercurio,
Patricia Trimbur and
Margaret Phillips.
TRIMBUR ? Friends of Sister
Mary Joseph Trimbur, OSF, who
died Wednesday, June 20, 2007,
will be received from 2 to 8 p.m.
today and from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Friday at Mount Alvernia Motherhouse
Chapel, 1456 Hawthorne
Road, Millvale. A Mass of Christian
burial will be celebrated at 5
p.m. Friday in the chapel. Burial
will be at the Sisters? Cemetery
at Mount Alvernia.
A wake service will be held at
6:15 p.m. today at Mount Alvernia.
Vespers will be at 4:45 p.m. Friday
at Mount Alvernia.
In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made to the Sisters of St.
Francis Ministry, Formation or
Retirement Fund, 146 Hawthorne
Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15209.
Please sign the guest book at
www.butlereagle.com.
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1918 - 2007 (88 years)