Stinn, Sr. Jean Marie (1924 – 2013)

STINN, SCHNEIDER, WEISKIRCHER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 10/17/2013 at 18:09:52

Name of deceased: birth name: Marie Isabelle Stinn; name taken upon postulancy: Sister Jean Marie Stinn

Aged: 88 yrs, 11 mo, 25 days

Residence: Manning Plaza Nursing Home, Manning, IA

Born: Oct. 6, 1924, Earling, IA

Died: Oct. 1, 2013, Manning Plaza Nursing Home, Manning, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, Sacred Heart Church, Manning, IA; Graveside Service: Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, St. Joseph's Cemetery, Earling, IA

Survived by: nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Anthony and Josephine (nee Schneider) Stinn; all of her siblings: Alfred Stinn (spouse, Catherine); Raymond Stinn; Richard “Dick” Stinn; Eugene Stinn (spouse, Verna); Vince Stinn (spouse, Lillian); Robert “Bob” Stinn (spouse, Ann); Gerald Stinn in infancy; Dolores Stinn; Ruthie Stinn; and Mildred Weiskircher (spouse, Don).

Education: attended St. Joseph’s school, Earling, IA; graduated with the Class of 1942

Religious affiliation: Catholic; member of Sacred Heart Church in Manning, IA and participated in the Altar Society

Military service: n/a

Marriage: none

Employment: In 1964 Marie entered the religious community Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at Marty, South Dakota, on the Yankton Sioux Reservation. She began her postulancy and novitiate, receiving the name Sister Jean. As a professed Sister, she worked at the Mission Boarding School at St. Paul’s Indian Mission where she was a house-parent. Later, Jean Marie was in charge of a daycare center in St. Sylvester’s Convent on the Mission. In 1982 she was hired to work in the rectory, second-hand store and as a housekeeper on the St. Augustine’s Indian Mission in Winnebago, Nebraska. Jean Marie retired in 1990 and moved to Manning, Iowa to be near her sister.

Hobbies/Interests: was an avid collector; enjoyed gardening

Sources: pauleyjones.com