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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