Sister Mary Redempta Collins, PBVM - 1913-1998

COLLINS, STAFFORD, WOLF, WEIGHNER

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 9/17/2011 at 19:30:36

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON STANDARD, March 18, 1998
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services for Sister Mary Redempta (Beatrice) Collins, age 84, were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 9 at Mount Loretto Chapel in Dubuque, Iowa with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Key West, Iowa.

Beatrice, born July 26, 1913 in Waukon, Iowa was the daughter of James and Ida Rose (Stafford) Collins. She graduated from Waukon High School and on June 9, 1932 entered the Sisters of the Presentation. She completed her BA degree at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa and her master's degree at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. From 1935 to 1972, Sister Mary Redempta was a business teacher at several schools in Iowa. From 1972-1987, she was the archdiocesan bookkeeper in Dubuque. In 1990, she retired to Mt. Loretto Motherhouse.

Sister Mary Redempta died Thursday, March 5, 1998 at the Mount Loretto Convent in Dubuque, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her brothers, James Collins, Thomas Collins, and an adopted brother, Patrick Collins; and 4 sisters, Ida Rose Wolf, Mary Elsie Collins, Catherine Weighner, and Alice Collins.

She is survived by her brother Robert Collins of Waukon, Iowa, nieces and nephews.

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