Sister Eileen Anglim, BVM, (1930-2019)

ANGLIM, PURCELL

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/22/2019 at 15:58:40

Sister Eileen Anglim, BVM (Rose Francis), 88, of 1130 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Caritas Center.

Visitation will be from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in the Marian Hall Chapel. Memorial Prayer Service will be at 10:30 a.m., followed immediately by the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Eileen was an elementary teacher at St. Mary, in Waucoma, Iowa, as well as in Chicago, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Kansas City, Mo. She was a college librarian in Kansas City and Chicago, where she also worked as coordinator of a college religious education center and high school librarian. She served as parish minister in South San Francisco and Burlingame, both in California.

She was born on Sept. 15, 1930, in Kansas City, Mo., to Frank and Rose Purcell Anglim. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1948, from St. Thomas Parish, Minneapolis. She professed first vows on March 19, 1951, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1956.

She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Sister Mary Jean Rita, BVM, Frank, William, Thomas, Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett, CSsR, James, Brother Maurice, FSC, and Joseph Anglim. She is survived by nieces, nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 70 years.

Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003 or online at https://www.bvmcong.org/support_donate.cfm.

Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Funeral Home, 2659 John F Kennedy Rd, Dubuque, IA 52002 is in charge of arrangements.