Sister Anita Montavon, BVM, (1938-2020)

MONTAVON, PITZEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/5/2020 at 11:14:42

Sister Anita Montavon, BVM, (Felicity), 82, of 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center.

Sharing of Memories via Zoom will be from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. A virtual visitation will be held from 10:30 – 10:45 a.m., followed immediately by the funeral service. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Anita was an elementary and/or junior high teacher in Chicago, East Moline and Rock Island, Ill., Boulder, Colo.; Butte & Missoula, Mont.; and Seattle. She served as director of religious education in Gillette, Wyo.; pastoral minister, librarian, library associate and office manager in Chicago; and library staff member in River Forest, Ill.

She was born on Jan. 16, 1938, in in DeKalb, Ill., to Paul Augustine and Marie (Pitzen) Montavon. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1956, from St. Mary Parish, DeKalb, Ill. She professed first vows on Feb 3, 1959, and final vows on July 16, 1964.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Jerry, Paul Thomas, and Leonard Montavon; and brothers-in-law Lars Bleivik and Jim Byrne. She is survived by her twin sister Miriam (Mimi) Montavon, sisters Jane Bleivik, Staten Island, N.Y.; Ruth (Jake) Graves, Ames, Iowa; and Terese Byrne, Hanson, Mass.; sister-in-law Carolyn Montovon, Malta, Ill.; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 64 years.

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

Miller Funeral Home, 1185 Hwy 35 N, East Dubuque, IL 61025 is in charge of arrangements.