Thanks Bob for sending the obits for Sister Mary Louise Donnelly. I agree she has kept us hopping, and yes she may have some mistakes (but we all have made mistakes at some time), but like many of us think, it is extremely hard to put a family book together, and sometimes she also may have been led down the wrong road. Like many of us, we tend to believe, as not everyone, can afford to get every birth and death certificates nor can we find all of them, and sometimes they are even wrong when we get them. May she rest in peace. Dottie Porter Himes Dottie (Porter) Himes Lewisport, KY 42351 djhimes@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Goughs" <ltcolmichaelj@bellsouth.net> To: <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Sister Mary Louise Donnelly > Bob, thanks. > > BobcatBob@aol.com wrote: > >>Found the following obits and articles following the unfortunate death of >>Sister Mary Louise Donnelly while in the hospital following her knee >>surgery >> >>Bob Alvey >> >> >>Ennis Journal (TX), September 25, 2008 >>Mary Louise Donnelly, 81, passed away Sept. 16, 2008 at Baylor Hospital >>in >>Dallas. Mary Louise was born in Clear Lake, South Dakota on Nov. 26, 1926 >>to >>parents Leo H. Donnelly and Martha Almyra (Tollett) Donnelly. She grew up >>in >>Kansas and earned a Masters Degree in Religious Education. She was, for a >>time, a member of the Sisters of Charity in Xavier, Kansas and then the >>Sisters >>for Christian Community in Virginia, until they disbanded. From 1987 to >>1993 >>she worked at St. John Catholic Church in Ennis as Director of Religious >>Education. Mary Louise is preceded in death by her parents and seven >>brothers: >>Leo, Jr., Frank, Myron, Bob, Harry, Charles and Tedd. Mass was celebrated >>Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in >>Waxahachie, >>Texas, with the Rev. Msgr. Mark Seitz as celebrant. Rosary was recited >>Thursday, >>Sept. 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Keever Chapel (408 N. Dallas Street) >>in >>Ennis, Texas. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Ennis under the >>direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary Inc. >> >>Waxahachie Daily Light, The (TX) >>September 18, 2008 >>Mary Louise Donnelly, 81, passed away Sept. 16, 2008, at Baylor >>University >>Medical Center in Dallas. Mary Louise was born in Clear Lake, S.D,. on >>Nov. >>26, 1926 to parents Leo H. Donnelly and Martha Almyra (Tollett) Donnelly. >>She >>grew up in Kansas and earned a master's degree in religious education. >>She >>was, for a time, a member of the Sisters of Charity in Xavier, Kan., and >>then >>the Sisters for Christian Community in Virginia, until they disbanded. >>From >>1987 to 1993, she worked at St. John Catholic Church in Ennis as director >>of >>religious education. Mary Louise was preceded in death by her parents and >>seven >>brothers: Leo Jr., Frank, Myron, Bob, Harry, Charles and Tedd. Mass will >>be >>celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic >>Church in >>Waxahachie, Texas, with the Rev. Msgr. Mark Seitz as celebrant. Rosary >>will >>be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in the Keever Chapel, >>408 N. >>Dallas St., in Ennis. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Ennis >>under >> the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary Inc. >> >> >>Ennis Journal (TX) >>September 25, 2008 >>Bridge to eternity >>Author: J. LOUISE LARSON; Ennis Journal Managing Editor >>When Mary Louise Donnelly of Ennis passed away suddenly on Sept. 16 from >>complications after knee surgery, she left behind several card tables of >>new >>friends. A native of Clear Lake, South Dakota, she grew up in Kansas and >>earned >>a masters degree in religious education. She was, for a time, a member of >>the >>Sisters of Charity in Xavier, Kansas and then the Sisters for Christian >>Community in Virginia, until they disbanded. From 1987 to 1993 she worked >>at St. >>John Catholic Church in Ennis as director of religious education. She >>wrote a >>number of books about family genealogy. But most recently, she taught >>bridge >>at the Ennis Public Library. Therese Dempsey was postmaster at the Rice >>post >>office for 30 years. When she retired last year, she knew one of the >>things >>she wanted to do in her free time. “I just felt bridge was something >>I’d >>always wanted to do that I never had time for because I worked,� she >>recalled. >>Her sister plays bridge, and Dempsey has hopes of getting good enough to >>join >>her at the card table. “I wanted to keep my mind active. I wouldn’t >>miss it >>for anything in the world, unless it was absolutely necessary,� she >>said. >>Dempsey recalled her teacher and the decision to play bridge as usual the >>morning of the funeral. “She was a young 81, and she loved playing >>bridge and she >>loved teaching it, so we continued the morning of the funeral. We played >>that >>morning in her memory – we talked about how much we missed her, and how >>she’ >>d want us to play, so we played,� Dempsey recalled. Ennis retiree >>Robert >>Garrison said his library bridge games are keeping him from being bored. >>“I’m 80 >>years old, and it’s a good way to pass the time,� he said. “It’s >>a very >>competitive game and it takes a little school – which I haven’t >>developed yet.� >> So what else would he be doing? “I’d probably be playing on the >> computer, >>sleeping or reading,� he said. Rose Glossen lives in Telico. Prior to >>retiring she handled equipment inventorying for all the 7-11’s in the >>country. She >>loves to make the trip in to Ennis to play bridge. Newly widowed, it >>helped >>her deal with fresh grief. “I like the interaction with the others. When >>I first >> started playing, I’d just lost my husband and I was trying to find way >> to >>adjust. All these ladies are really nice, and it’s a good way to keep >>your mind >> active and have a good time,� Glossen said, recalling the woman they >> all >>knew as Louise Donnelly. “She was smart, she was kind, she was fair, >>she was a >>good teacher – and I loved her,� she said, adding that she didn’t >>realize at >>first that her bridge teacher was also the woman who had written >>genealogy >>books she had purchased that described her grandmother’s side of the >>family >>tree. “We bought a lot of her books. She wrote on my grandmother’s >>family. She >>said all the families she had done, she was related to in some way by >>blood >>or by marriage, so I guess we were related somehow,� Glossen said. >>Sandra >>Turner was one of the newest members of the group. She hadn’t played >>bridge in 30 >>years prior to coming to the library. Retired from the computer business, >>she loved the opportunity to keep her mind sharp. “I hope the group >>will stay >>together – I think it just keeps you mentally alert, and then there’s >>the >>social aspect of it – being with friends, keeping up,� she said. She >>will miss >>her gentle teacher, Turner said. Jean Weaver joined up this summer in >>hopes >>of meeting some new friends and learning something new. She wasn’t >>disappointed. “Everyone up there is real nice, real friendly – we >>laugh, we don’t take >>it real serious. We just do this for fun,� Weaver said, recalling the >>last >>time the group spoke with Donnelly. “She called us on that Friday, and >>somebody >>had a speaker phone, and we talked to her. That next Wednesday, they >>called >>us and told us she’d passed away. “Seven of us went to the rosary. >>She >>looked beautiful, she looked so pretty – we found out later that she >>really used >>to be a nun.� So is there a bridge game in Heaven? “If there is, >>she’ll be >>playing it,� Weaver said. “She loved bridge, and she really had the >>knowledge >>of it, too.� Mary Louise Donnelly’s legacy continues at the Ennis >>Public >>Library. The group she nurtured at the end of her life has hopes that a >>new >>instructor will come along. In the meantime, library books on the game >>they can >>pull out, to continue learning the intricacies of keeping score. And they >>have >>branched out. “We’re playing 42 in the afternoons now,� Weaver >>said, adding >>that more players are welcome. >> >> >>**************Get movies delivered to your mailbox. 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Excellent point .... Nobody is 100% correct. Nobody knows all there is to know. So many people waited until their genealogy is "correct," until "there are no mistakes" That day never arrived. They die. Their heirs clean out their "stuff" & all that geneaology is hauled off to the landfill. Publish what you have NOW .... esp. on the Internet. If you are incorrect on something, it can be corrected in the future. But at least it's out there for others to use. So, even if Sister was wrong on this family or wrong on that point, at least she got something in print & gave us something to act as a starting point. I've been adding to the CONKLIN page on http://longislandgenealogy.com Is everything I'm posting 100% correct .... NO ! But, it sure helps people looking for info on the Huntington, L. I. CONKLIN family a lot more to find my stuff on-line on that site than just having it sit in my file drawers here in Southern Maryland. So, let's not fault Sister for her errors but praise her for getting started in getting the information about Southern Maryland families out there. She has given you a starting point. David David Roberts 2nd Vice President, SMCGS Editor "Generator" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dottie Himes" <djhimes@bellsouth.net> To: <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 10:58 AM Subject: [MDSTMARY] Sister Mary Louise Donnelly-reply > Thanks Bob for sending the obits for Sister Mary Louise Donnelly. > > I agree she has kept us hopping, and yes she may have some mistakes (but we > all have made mistakes at some time), but like many of us think, it is > extremely hard to put a family book together, and sometimes she also may > have been led down the wrong road. Like many of us, we tend to believe, as > not everyone, can afford to get every birth and death certificates nor can > we find all of them, and sometimes they are even wrong when we get them. > > May she rest in peace. > > Dottie Porter Himes > > Dottie (Porter) Himes > Lewisport, KY 42351 > djhimes@bellsouth.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Goughs" <ltcolmichaelj@bellsouth.net> > To: <mdstmary@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:03 PM > Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Sister Mary Louise Donnelly > > > > Bob, thanks. > > > > BobcatBob@aol.com wrote: > > > >>Found the following obits and articles following the unfortunate death of > >>Sister Mary Louise Donnelly while in the hospital following her knee > >>surgery > >> > >>Bob Alvey > >> > >> > >>Ennis Journal (TX), September 25, 2008 > >>Mary Louise Donnelly, 81, passed away Sept. 16, 2008 at Baylor Hospital > >>in > >>Dallas. Mary Louise was born in Clear Lake, South Dakota on Nov. 26, 1926 > >>to > >>parents Leo H. Donnelly and Martha Almyra (Tollett) Donnelly. She grew up > >>in > >>Kansas and earned a Masters Degree in Religious Education. She was, for a > >>time, a member of the Sisters of Charity in Xavier, Kansas and then the > >>Sisters > >>for Christian Community in Virginia, until they disbanded. From 1987 to > >>1993 > >>she worked at St. John Catholic Church in Ennis as Director of Religious > >>Education. Mary Louise is preceded in death by her parents and seven > >>brothers: > >>Leo, Jr., Frank, Myron, Bob, Harry, Charles and Tedd. Mass was celebrated > >>Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in > >>Waxahachie, > >>Texas, with the Rev. Msgr. Mark Seitz as celebrant. Rosary was recited > >>Thursday, > >>Sept. 18, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in the Keever Chapel (408 N. Dallas Street) > >>in > >>Ennis, Texas. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Ennis under the > >>direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary Inc. > >> > >>Waxahachie Daily Light, The (TX) > >>September 18, 2008 > >>Mary Louise Donnelly, 81, passed away Sept. 16, 2008, at Baylor > >>University > >>Medical Center in Dallas. Mary Louise was born in Clear Lake, S.D,. on > >>Nov. > >>26, 1926 to parents Leo H. Donnelly and Martha Almyra (Tollett) Donnelly. > >>She > >>grew up in Kansas and earned a master's degree in religious education. > >>She > >>was, for a time, a member of the Sisters of Charity in Xavier, Kan., and > >>then > >>the Sisters for Christian Community in Virginia, until they disbanded. > >>From > >>1987 to 1993, she worked at St. John Catholic Church in Ennis as director > >>of > >>religious education. Mary Louise was preceded in death by her parents and > >>seven > >>brothers: Leo Jr., Frank, Myron, Bob, Harry, Charles and Tedd. Mass will > >>be > >>celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic > >>Church in > >>Waxahachie, Texas, with the Rev. Msgr. Mark Seitz as celebrant. Rosary > >>will > >>be recited at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, in the Keever Chapel, > >>408 N. > >>Dallas St., in Ennis. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Ennis > >>under > >> the direction of J.E. Keever Mortuary Inc. > >>