Submitted by: Dan Rich
May 14, 1902 – Sept. 27, 1992
South Bend Tribune 9/28/1992
Sister M. Lillian Gleason CSC, 90, of St.
Mary’s Convent, died about 11:55 a.m. Sunday in her
residence. Sister M. Lillian was born May 14, 1902 in Savannah,
Ga., as Alice Lucille Gleason. She
Entered the Congregation of the Sisters of
the Holy Cross on Jan. 19, 1922; was received as a novice Aug.
15, 1922; and professed her final vows Aug. 15, 1924.
She was assigned as a music teacher and
taught in Anderson, Ind., Salt Lake City, and Boise, Idaho. She
retired to the convent in 1983. She served as dean of students at
Dunbarton College, Washington, D.C; religious superior at
Cardinal Cushing College, Brookline, Mass.; and came to St. Mary’s
Convent in 1961, serving in various administrative capacities for
14 years; and served in Kensington, Maryland until 1983.
Services will be at Christ the King Chapel,
St. Mary’s Convent. Burial will be in Our Lady of Peace
Cemetery, St. Mary’s. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today in
the convent parlor. Hickey Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Sisters of
Holy Cross Ministry with the Poor fund, St. Mary’s.