Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT 9/14/1972

Sister Mary Renfrieda, CSC

September 20, 1877 – September 13, 1972

Sister Mary Renfrieda, CSC, 94, of St Mary’s Convent, died at 5pm Wednesday in the convent after an extended illness.

She was born on September 20, 1877, in Wallen, Bohemia, and as Justina Weltlich, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross on September 29, 1904, coming from Bohema.  She made her profession of vows on August 15, 1907. Sister Mary Renfrieda served in several hospital laundries in South Bend, Boise ID, and Salt Lake City, including St Joseph’s Hospital in South Bend.

Friends may call Thursday and Friday in the convent parlors, where a rosary will be recited at 7:15pm Friday.  Services will be at 11am Saturday in Our Lady of Loretto Church.  Burial will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery.