Sister KATHRYN (THOMAS MARY) FITZPATRICK, OSF, 83 passed away on January 10, 2018 at Clara House in Dubuque. Rite of Final Commendation will be held at the Clare House Chapel, Mount St. Francis Center at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, 2018. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at Mount St. Francis Chapel.
Sister Kathryn was born August 15, 1934 in Churdan, IA the daughter of Thomas and Katherine (Sabus) Fitzpatrick.
Sister Kathryn entered the Sisters of St. Francis August 25, 1954 and made final profession of vows August 12, 1960. Sister received her MA in Religious Education from Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI in 1974. Sister ministered as an educator in Ossian, IA and Melrose Park, IL. She also served as a Parish Religion Coordinator in Melrose Park, IL; Midlothian, IL; Blaine, MN; Portland, OR; and Durango, CO. One of her final ministries was in the arts and crafts department at Mount St. Francis Center in Dubuque, IA.
Sister Kathryn is survived by her sisters Helen (Ray) Stamper, Mary Station, and Sally White, sister-in-law Ruth Fitzpatrick, nieces and nephews, and her Franc...[more]
ciscan sisters with whom she shared over 62 years of her life.
Sister Kathryn was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Regina (Leo) Murphy and Margaret (Robert) Vogel, brothers Leo (Renelda) Fitzpatrick, Paul (Celeste Herl) Fitzpatrick, Richard Fitzpatrick, Peter (Pamela) Fitzpatrick, Vincent (Regina Ryan) Fitzpatrick, and brothers-in-law James Station and Edward White.
The Sisters of St. Francis express their thanks to Hospice of Dubuque for their care and concern.
Memorials may be given to the Sisters of St. Francis, Dubuque, IA.
Hoffmann Schneider Funeral Home 1640 Main St. is in charge of arrangements.