Submitted by: Dan Rich
Sister M. Francis Gertrude Wituska CSC
July 11, 1900 Oct. 4, 1986
South Bend Tribune 10/6/1986
Sister M. Francis Gertrude CSC, 86, of St.
Marys Convent, died there at 7 a.m. Saturday after an
illness. She was born July 11, 1900 in Poland, as Mary Josephine
Wituska. Surviving are a sister, Blanche Kapsa of South Bend and
several nieces and nephews. On Feb. 10, 1921 Sister Gertrude
entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, Saint
Marys. She was received as a novice Aug, 15, 1921 and
professed her vows Aug. 15, 1923. She taught at elementary
schools, including St. Hediwg School, St. Joseph Grade School and
Holy Cross School. Her other assignments were in Crawfordsville,
LaPorte, Logansport, Plymouth, and Michigan City. She came to St.
Marys convent in 1970.
Services were to have been today in Our Lady
of Loretto Church and burial in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery, St.
Marys