Sister Anina Allen

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Date: 12/24/2011 at 10:21:56

Catholic Sentinel
Portland, Oregon
Dec. 16-22, 2011
Page 21, column 6

SISTER ANINA ALLEN

Dubuque, Iowa-
Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Anina Allen died Dec. 1, She was 91.

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, on July 1, 1920, Sister Anina entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1940, from Cathedral Parish, Dubuque. She professed her first vows on March 19, 1943, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1948.

In the Archdiocese of Portland, Sister Anina taught first and second grade at St. Cecilia from 1955-57.

She also taught elementary and secondary school and secondary school and/or was principal/superior in Davenport, Clinton, Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Seattle, Wash.; Butte, Mont.; and Chicago, Ill.

In California, she was on the staff of Guadalupe College in Los Gatos and served in pastoral ministry in Santa Clara.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: James, John and William; and sisters: Ruth, Mary Jane and Anna Marie; nieces and nephews; and the sisters with whom she shared her life for 71 years.