Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister M. Fara Jacobs CSC

May 21, 1903 - Feb. 14, 1996

South Bend Tribune 2/15/1996

SOUTH BEND - Sister M. Fara Jacobs, CSC, 92, of Saint Mary's Convent, died at 9:35 a.m. Wednesday in her residence. Sister M. Fara was born May 21, 1903, in Washington, D.C., as Norma Catherine Jacobs.

She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross on June 14, 1923; was received as a novice Jan. 6, 1924; and professed her vows Aug. 15, 1926. She was assigned as a music teacher and taught at schools in Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska, New York, Texas, and Iowa. She is survived by a sister, Elizabeth Martin of Washington, D.C.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Our Lady of Loretto Church, Saint Mary's. Burial will be at Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, Saint Mary's. Friends may call after 3 p.m. today in the church, where a wake will be at 7 p.m. Hickey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry with the Poor Fund, Bertrand Hall, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame, IN 46556.