Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sister Esther Marie Whitehouse CSC
Oct. 9, 1904 Oct. 5, 1993
South Bend Tribune 10/5/1993
Sister Esther Marie Whitehouse CSC,
88, of Queen of Peace Convent at St. Marys, died at 2:50
a.m. today in the convent. She was an elementary school teacher
in California from 1936 to 1957 and taught from 1968 to 1980 in
Iowa, Idaho, Nevada and Utah. She was born Oct. 9, 1904 in
Woodland, Calif., and moved to St. Marys in 1988. Surviving
is a sister, Sister Mary Bethania CSC at Queen of Peace
Convent. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy
Cross on Mar. 19, 1924; was received as a novice Jan. 6, 1925;
and professed her vows Jan. 6, 1927.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday on
Our Lady Of Loretto Church with burial in Our Lady of Peace
Cemetery, both at St. Marys. friends may call after 3 p.m.
Wednesday in the church where a wake will be at 7 p.m.