Submitted by: Dan Rich
Feb. 4, 1896 – June 9, 1981
South Bend Tribune 6/10/1981
Sister M. Anna Louise CSC, 85, of
Saint Mary’s Convent died at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the
convent after a lengthy illness. She was born on Feb. 4, 1896 in
Malone, N.Y., and entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the
Holy Cross as Gertrude Colburn, on Jan. 5, 1918, coming from
Taftsville, Conn. She was received as a novice on Aug. 4, 1918,
and made her profession of vows on Aug. 15, 1920. During her
professional life she was assigned to various ancillary services
in convent across the country, including Washington DC; Maryland;
Ohio; Illinois; Utah; and California. She resided at St. Mary’s
Convent since 1965.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the
Church of Our Lady of Loretto at St. Mary’s with internment
in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery on the campus. Friends may call in
the convent parlors until services. A wake will be observed at 7
p.m. Thursday.