Sister Philomena Rosselli, BVM (1920-2018)

ROSSELLI, ZANINI

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 6/21/2018 at 15:05:20

Sister Philomena Rosselli, BVM (St.Philomena), 97, of Marian Hall, 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at Marian Hall. Visitation will be 9 to 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at the Marian Hall Chapel, following immediately by the Sharing of Memories and the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Philomena was an elementary teacher at St. Anthony ES and Montessori School and tutor at St. Raphael Learning Center, all in Dubuque and an elementary teacher at Sacred Heart ES in Maquoketa, Iowa. She also taught in elementary schools in Chicago; Butte and Missoula, Montana and San Francisco.

She was born in Petaluma, California on September 13, 1920 to Genesio and Philomena Zanini Rosselli. She entered the BVM congregation on Sept. 8, 1938, from St. Vincent Parish, Petaluma. She professed first vows on March 19, 1941 and final vows on August 15, 1946. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Agnes Rosselli, BVM(Genesio); half-sisters, Regina Rosselli and Candida Rosselli; and half-brothers, Elvis and John. She is survived by cousins and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 79 years.