Sister Mary Madonna Showalter, 75, died Thursday at Queen of Angels
Infirmary at Sacred Heart Convent,Cedar Rapids, following a long
illness.
Born Jan. 18, 1906, at Charlotte, she entered the Congregation of the
Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy on Sept. 4, 1932. She made her final
profession of vows on June 24, 1938. She taught for 39 years in schols
staffed by the Sisters of Mercy at Immaculate Conception and
St. Wenceslaus high schools ,Cedar Rapids, and at St. Joseph's in
Marion. She also taught at Garryowen, Decorah, Ames, DeWitt, Waterloo,
Oelwein, Fairfax, Elma and Evansdale. She retired to the convent in
1973. She recieved a bachelor of arts degree from Loras College and
completed additional studies at Mount Mercy College, Catholic
University and the University if Northern Iowa,
Surviving are two brothers, Albert of Georgetown, Del., and Harold of
Elma. Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Chapel by the
Rev. David Remy, chaplain, and the Rev. Paul Showalter of Nauvoo,
Ill., a nephew of Sister Madonna. Wake service: 7:30 tonight at the
chapel. Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery. Stewart Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
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From Robert L. Showalter, who notes "Obituary as found in AKS notes"
AKS = Albert Kenneth Showalter, Robert's father.
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