Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary George Sommer CSC

Feb. 6, 1896 – Jan. 19, 1988

South Bend Tribune 1/20/1988

Sister Mary George CSC, 91, of Saint Mary’s Convent died at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the convent. She was born Feb. 6, 1896, as Helen Elizabeth Sommer in Dusseldorf, Germany. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross at St. Mary’s on July 6, 1925, coming from Detroit. She was received as a novice Aug. 15, 1926 and professed her vows Aug. 15, 1928. She is survived by a brother, Rev. Jospeh Sommer SJ, of Detroit. She was an accountant and served in the business offices of hospital from 1928 to 1948. In 1948 she was appointed a member of the Midwest Provincial Council and served as treasurer until 1969; she served as accountant from 1939 to 1942 at St. Mary’s Academy and St. Mary’s Convent; at St. Joseph Hospital from 1942 to 1948; at Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, and at St. Alphonsus Hospital, Boise, Idaho. In 1969 she was assigned to Our Lady of Holy Cross Convent and served as treasurer until 1986.

Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Church of Loretto with burial in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery. Friends may call after 3:30 p.m. Thursday and until services Friday at St. Mary’s Convent, where a wake will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.