SPRINGFIELD - Sister M. Maxine Frichtl, OSF, 96, of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis died Sunday, Aug.
10, 2008, at 5:37 a.m. at St. Francis Convent.
Sister Maxine, the former Margaret Genevieve Frichtl, was born Aug. 8, 1912, in Newton, the daughter of
John and Emma Yager Frichtl. She entered the Congregation on Oct. 15, 1929, and professed her religious
vows on May 30, 1932.
Sister was a 1935 graduate of St. John's Hospital School of Nursing. She also did post-graduate work in
anesthesia and surgery at St. John's Hospital. She served the community as a nurse anesthetist in hospitals in
Illinois and Wisconsin, including serving at St. Mary's Hospital in Streator from 1962 through 1989. She
returned to the Motherhouse in 1989.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Adam, and Oscar Frichtl;
and four sisters, Anna Hippler, Elizabeth Michl, Regina Wilson, and Teresa Robinson.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her Franciscan
sisters, with whom she shared her life for almost 79 years.
Visitation will be held at the Motherhouse from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, with a wake service at
6:30 p.m.
The Eucharistic celebration and rite of Christian burial will be celebrated by The Rev. Vincent Callahan,
OFM, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in St Clare of Assisi Chapel at the Motherhouse. Burial will
be in Crucifixion Hill Cemetery.
The Franciscan sisters and family of Sister M. Maxine Frichtl are being served by Kirlin-Egan and Butler
Funeral Home, 900 Sixth St.
10, 2008, at 5:37 a.m. at St. Francis Convent.
Sister Maxine, the former Margaret Genevieve Frichtl, was born Aug. 8, 1912, in Newton, the daughter of
John and Emma Yager Frichtl. She entered the Congregation on Oct. 15, 1929, and professed her religious
vows on May 30, 1932.
Sister was a 1935 graduate of St. John's Hospital School of Nursing. She also did post-graduate work in
anesthesia and surgery at St. John's Hospital. She served the community as a nurse anesthetist in hospitals in
Illinois and Wisconsin, including serving at St. Mary's Hospital in Streator from 1962 through 1989. She
returned to the Motherhouse in 1989.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Adam, and Oscar Frichtl;
and four sisters, Anna Hippler, Elizabeth Michl, Regina Wilson, and Teresa Robinson.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her Franciscan
sisters, with whom she shared her life for almost 79 years.
Visitation will be held at the Motherhouse from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, with a wake service at
6:30 p.m.
The Eucharistic celebration and rite of Christian burial will be celebrated by The Rev. Vincent Callahan,
OFM, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in St Clare of Assisi Chapel at the Motherhouse. Burial will
be in Crucifixion Hill Cemetery.
The Franciscan sisters and family of Sister M. Maxine Frichtl are being served by Kirlin-Egan and Butler
Funeral Home, 900 Sixth St.
SPRINGFIELD - Sister M. Maxine Frichtl, OSF, 96, of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis died Sunday, Aug.
10, 2008, at 5:37 a.m. at St. Francis Convent.
Sister Maxine, the former Margaret Genevieve Frichtl, was born Aug. 8, 1912, in Newton, the daughter of
John and Emma Yager Frichtl. She entered the Congregation on Oct. 15, 1929, and professed her religious
vows on May 30, 1932.
Sister was a 1935 graduate of St. John's Hospital School of Nursing. She also did post-graduate work in
anesthesia and surgery at St. John's Hospital. She served the community as a nurse anesthetist in hospitals in
Illinois and Wisconsin, including serving at St. Mary's Hospital in Streator from 1962 through 1989. She
returned to the Motherhouse in 1989.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Adam, and Oscar Frichtl;
and four sisters, Anna Hippler, Elizabeth Michl, Regina Wilson, and Teresa Robinson.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her Franciscan
sisters, with whom she shared her life for almost 79 years.
Visitation will be held at the Motherhouse from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, with a wake service at
6:30 p.m.
The Eucharistic celebration and rite of Christian burial will be celebrated by The Rev. Vincent Callahan,
OFM, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in St Clare of Assisi Chapel at the Motherhouse. Burial will
be in Crucifixion Hill Cemetery.
The Franciscan sisters and family of Sister M. Maxine Frichtl are being served by Kirlin-Egan and Butler
Funeral Home, 900 Sixth St.
10, 2008, at 5:37 a.m. at St. Francis Convent.
Sister Maxine, the former Margaret Genevieve Frichtl, was born Aug. 8, 1912, in Newton, the daughter of
John and Emma Yager Frichtl. She entered the Congregation on Oct. 15, 1929, and professed her religious
vows on May 30, 1932.
Sister was a 1935 graduate of St. John's Hospital School of Nursing. She also did post-graduate work in
anesthesia and surgery at St. John's Hospital. She served the community as a nurse anesthetist in hospitals in
Illinois and Wisconsin, including serving at St. Mary's Hospital in Streator from 1962 through 1989. She
returned to the Motherhouse in 1989.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Edgar, Adam, and Oscar Frichtl;
and four sisters, Anna Hippler, Elizabeth Michl, Regina Wilson, and Teresa Robinson.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews as well as her Franciscan
sisters, with whom she shared her life for almost 79 years.
Visitation will be held at the Motherhouse from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, with a wake service at
6:30 p.m.
The Eucharistic celebration and rite of Christian burial will be celebrated by The Rev. Vincent Callahan,
OFM, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, in St Clare of Assisi Chapel at the Motherhouse. Burial will
be in Crucifixion Hill Cemetery.
The Franciscan sisters and family of Sister M. Maxine Frichtl are being served by Kirlin-Egan and Butler
Funeral Home, 900 Sixth St.
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