Sister MARIROSE (Ethel Clara) ANSTOETTER, RSM 1925 - 2003

KRAMER, ANSTOETTER, BELL, JOYCE, WEISER, KOEHLER, KRAPFL, MAIERS

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 8/16/2003 at 16:54:38

Sister Marirose Anstoetter, RSM

Telegraph Herald - Friday, July 4, 2003

FARLEY, Iowa - Sister Marirose Anstoetter, RSM, 78, of Farmington Hills, Mich., formerly of Farley, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at McAuley Retirement Center.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at McAuley Center Chapel. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich. There will be a welcoming prayer service at 3 p.m. Sunday at McAuley Center, where there will be a scripture service at 7 p.m. The McCabe Funeral Home, Farmington Hills, is in charge of arrangements.

She was born Ethel Clara Anstoetter on Feb. 4, 1925, one of 10 children of Bernard and Lidwina (Kramer) Anstoetter. She was baptized at St. Francis Xavier Church, Dyersville, and grew up on a farm near Farley. She graduated from St. Joseph's High School in Farley, in 1942, and worked in a department store before joining the Sisters of Mercy in Detroit, in September 1943. She received the name Sister Marirose, professed temporary vows on March 12, 1946, and made perpetual vows on Aug. 16, 1949. She had been a Sister of Mercy for 60 years.

Sister Marirose earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from Mercy College of Detroit, and her master's degree from Wayne State University. She served in Mercy hospitals for many years, primarily in Iowa. She supervised patient care in Sioux City, Fort Dodge and Dubuque; was administrator of the former Mercy School of Nursing in Dubuque; served as president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Mason City; and was an assistant chaplain in Clinton. She also worked with patients and staff at Mercy hospitals in Ann Arbor and Pontiac, Mich., and Dyer, Ind. Sister Marirose later returned to Dubuque, where she assisted in the care of retired sisters. She retired to McAuley Center in 1996, and continued to extend herself to those in need as a volunteer.

Throughout her years in health care and in retirement, Sister Marirose maintained a vital interest in each person she met. She was known as a compassionate listener and recognized for her gracious hospitality, sincere faith and warm smile. She maintained an active interest in her family and was looking forward to a family reunion in July and the celebration of her diamond jubilee in August.

Surviving are four sisters, Marian Bell, of Manchester, Esther Joyce, of Rapid City, S.D., Alice Weiser, of New Providence, N.J., and Mildred Koehler, of Forsyth, Ill.; three brothers, Charles and Jerry Anstoetter, of Farley, and John Anstoetter, of East Dubuque, Ill.; two sisters-in-law, Janaan Krapfl, of Monticello, and Shirley Maiers, of Dubuque; many nieces and nephews; and the members of her Mercy community.

Memorials may be sent to the Mercy Ministry Fund, 29000 Eleven Mile Road, Farmington Hills, Mich. 48336-1405.