Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister M. Godelieze Ritter CSC

1870 – Jan. 3, 1962

South Bend Tribune 1/3/1962

Sister M. Godelieze CSC, 91, died this morning at St. Mary’s Convent. She was born Helena Maria Ritter in Michigan City in 1873. She was educated at St. Mary’s College. She entered the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1887; received the habit in 1888; and made her profession of vows in 1893. She taught at St. Mary’s Academy and at St. Joseph Academy for many years. She also taught in Pensylvania, Illinois, California; and Logansport and Valpariso in Indiana. She was an assistant counselor to the superior general from 1931 to 1943. She has been at St. Mary’s Convent since 1943