Sister Louise Szkodzinaki, BVM
January 16, 2017Share using:
Sister Louise Szkodzinski, BVM (Christiane), 95, of Marian Hall, Dubuque, passed away Jan. 16, 2017, at Marian Hall.
Visitation will be from 10–11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in the Marian Hall Chapel, followed by a prayer service at 11 a.m. Funeral liturgy will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Marian Hall Chapel. Burial is in the Mount Carmel cemetery.
Sister Louise taught music at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse and Clarke University in Dubuque, and at Mundelein College in Chicago. She gave piano lessons in Phoenix, where she also served as music director and teacher. In later years, she gave piano lessons in Chicago.
She was born in Cicero, Ill., on Aug. 11, 1921, to Joseph and Mary Biestek Szkodzinski. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1947, from St. Pius Parish, Chicago. She professed first vows on March 19, 1950, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1955.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Frances Narko and Cecilia Pugh. She is survived by a brother Jerome, Lockeford, Calif.; a sister Christine Pitford, Paulden, Ariz.; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM with whom she shared life for 69 years.
Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003 or online at www.bvmcong.org/whatsnew_obits.cfm.
Leonard Funeral Home & Crematory, 2595 Rockdale Rd., Dubuque, IA 52001 is in charge of arrangements.
