Paula Merrill, SCN, and Margaret Held, SSSF, will be honored by the community in Mississippi where they served and lived for so many years. Memorial arrangements in Mississippi are as follows:
A wake service will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 200 Boulevard Street in Lexington, Mississippi, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m.
A memorial Mass willashington be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, 123 N Washington.
Held, Sr. Margaret, SSSF Sr. Margaret Held, School Sister of St. Francis, entered Eternal Life on Aug. 25, 2016 in Durant, MS at the age of 68. She was born in Hartford, WI, on Aug. 15, 1948, to Jerome and Dolores (nee Gundrum) Held. Sister Margaret was raised in Slinger, WI. She attended St. Peter's Grade School and entered the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, WI, in 1962, and graduated from Alverno College. Sister Margaret started her religious ministry in education and later entered the nursing field. She taught at St. Joseph's High School in Kenosha and then felt her calling as a social worker in Holly Springs, MS. Because of the need for dedicated health care professionals in the communities of the South, she earned her nursing degree at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, in 1981 and worked as a home health nurse. She received a Master's Degree from Mississippi University for Women as a Nurse Practitioner, and worked for the Department of Health in Tupelo and DePorres Health Center in Marks, MS. Her final ministry was with Sister Paula Merrill (Sisters of Charity of Nazareth) at a clinic in Lexington and another in Durant, MS. They dedicated their lives and love to the poor and disadvantaged for 30 years in the South. They were loved by all the people they served and will be missed deeply by their communities and patients. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Reidell. She is survived by her sisters and brothers: Beth (John) Bacik, brother-in-law Edward Reidell, Jean (Andy) Knoll, Sue (Joe) Zuern, Jim (Mary) Held, Annette (Peter) Schulz, and Tony (Karen) Held, along with many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, aunts, uncle and cousins and members of her religious community, the School Sisters of St. Francis, with whom she shared 49 years of life. Visitation will take place at School Sisters of St. Francis, St. Joseph Center, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, on Friday, September 2, 2016, at 8:30 AM, followed by the wake service at 9:30 AM, in the same location. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 AM. Committal will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 3801 W. Morgan Ave., Milwaukee, WI, at 2:30 PM. In honor of Sister Margaret's commitment to ministry, memorial donations can be made to: The School Sisters of St. Francis Office of Mission Advancement, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215.
Published in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, 2016
Some of Sister Margaret's recipes
Carrots
1 10 oz tomato soup
1/2 cup oil
1 c sugar (I use a lot less)
3/4 c. vinegar
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
Salt to taste
5 cups cooked sliced carrots
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 onion, sliced
Combine soup, oil, sugar, vinegar, mustard, worcestershire and salt in pan. Bring to boil. Pour over carrots, bell peppers and onions.
Yogurt Dressing
1 carton strawberry Greek Yogurt
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp chopped mint
1 tsp poppy seed
Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup melted butter, cooled
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
TOPPING
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup soft butter
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease round 9 inch cake pan or 9x9 inch square pan. Blend all the ingredients up to the Topping. Carefully stir in the blueberries. Spread into the cake pan. Mix the ingredients for the Topping. It will be pasty. Sprinkle over the cake batter. Bake 40-45 minutes.
This recipe was in Sister Margaret Responsorial book
A wake service will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 200 Boulevard Street in Lexington, Mississippi, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m.
A memorial Mass willashington be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, 123 N Washington.
Held, Sr. Margaret, SSSF Sr. Margaret Held, School Sister of St. Francis, entered Eternal Life on Aug. 25, 2016 in Durant, MS at the age of 68. She was born in Hartford, WI, on Aug. 15, 1948, to Jerome and Dolores (nee Gundrum) Held. Sister Margaret was raised in Slinger, WI. She attended St. Peter's Grade School and entered the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, WI, in 1962, and graduated from Alverno College. Sister Margaret started her religious ministry in education and later entered the nursing field. She taught at St. Joseph's High School in Kenosha and then felt her calling as a social worker in Holly Springs, MS. Because of the need for dedicated health care professionals in the communities of the South, she earned her nursing degree at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, in 1981 and worked as a home health nurse. She received a Master's Degree from Mississippi University for Women as a Nurse Practitioner, and worked for the Department of Health in Tupelo and DePorres Health Center in Marks, MS. Her final ministry was with Sister Paula Merrill (Sisters of Charity of Nazareth) at a clinic in Lexington and another in Durant, MS. They dedicated their lives and love to the poor and disadvantaged for 30 years in the South. They were loved by all the people they served and will be missed deeply by their communities and patients. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Reidell. She is survived by her sisters and brothers: Beth (John) Bacik, brother-in-law Edward Reidell, Jean (Andy) Knoll, Sue (Joe) Zuern, Jim (Mary) Held, Annette (Peter) Schulz, and Tony (Karen) Held, along with many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, aunts, uncle and cousins and members of her religious community, the School Sisters of St. Francis, with whom she shared 49 years of life. Visitation will take place at School Sisters of St. Francis, St. Joseph Center, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, on Friday, September 2, 2016, at 8:30 AM, followed by the wake service at 9:30 AM, in the same location. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 AM. Committal will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 3801 W. Morgan Ave., Milwaukee, WI, at 2:30 PM. In honor of Sister Margaret's commitment to ministry, memorial donations can be made to: The School Sisters of St. Francis Office of Mission Advancement, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215.
Published in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, 2016
Some of Sister Margaret's recipes
Carrots
1 10 oz tomato soup
1/2 cup oil
1 c sugar (I use a lot less)
3/4 c. vinegar
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
Salt to taste
5 cups cooked sliced carrots
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 onion, sliced
Combine soup, oil, sugar, vinegar, mustard, worcestershire and salt in pan. Bring to boil. Pour over carrots, bell peppers and onions.
Yogurt Dressing
1 carton strawberry Greek Yogurt
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp chopped mint
1 tsp poppy seed
Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup melted butter, cooled
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
TOPPING
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup soft butter
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease round 9 inch cake pan or 9x9 inch square pan. Blend all the ingredients up to the Topping. Carefully stir in the blueberries. Spread into the cake pan. Mix the ingredients for the Topping. It will be pasty. Sprinkle over the cake batter. Bake 40-45 minutes.
This recipe was in Sister Margaret Responsorial book
Paula Merrill, SCN, and Margaret Held, SSSF, will be honored by the community in Mississippi where they served and lived for so many years. Memorial arrangements in Mississippi are as follows:
A wake service will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 200 Boulevard Street in Lexington, Mississippi, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m.
A memorial Mass willashington be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, 123 N Washington.
Held, Sr. Margaret, SSSF Sr. Margaret Held, School Sister of St. Francis, entered Eternal Life on Aug. 25, 2016 in Durant, MS at the age of 68. She was born in Hartford, WI, on Aug. 15, 1948, to Jerome and Dolores (nee Gundrum) Held. Sister Margaret was raised in Slinger, WI. She attended St. Peter's Grade School and entered the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, WI, in 1962, and graduated from Alverno College. Sister Margaret started her religious ministry in education and later entered the nursing field. She taught at St. Joseph's High School in Kenosha and then felt her calling as a social worker in Holly Springs, MS. Because of the need for dedicated health care professionals in the communities of the South, she earned her nursing degree at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, in 1981 and worked as a home health nurse. She received a Master's Degree from Mississippi University for Women as a Nurse Practitioner, and worked for the Department of Health in Tupelo and DePorres Health Center in Marks, MS. Her final ministry was with Sister Paula Merrill (Sisters of Charity of Nazareth) at a clinic in Lexington and another in Durant, MS. They dedicated their lives and love to the poor and disadvantaged for 30 years in the South. They were loved by all the people they served and will be missed deeply by their communities and patients. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Reidell. She is survived by her sisters and brothers: Beth (John) Bacik, brother-in-law Edward Reidell, Jean (Andy) Knoll, Sue (Joe) Zuern, Jim (Mary) Held, Annette (Peter) Schulz, and Tony (Karen) Held, along with many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, aunts, uncle and cousins and members of her religious community, the School Sisters of St. Francis, with whom she shared 49 years of life. Visitation will take place at School Sisters of St. Francis, St. Joseph Center, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, on Friday, September 2, 2016, at 8:30 AM, followed by the wake service at 9:30 AM, in the same location. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 AM. Committal will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 3801 W. Morgan Ave., Milwaukee, WI, at 2:30 PM. In honor of Sister Margaret's commitment to ministry, memorial donations can be made to: The School Sisters of St. Francis Office of Mission Advancement, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215.
Published in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, 2016
Some of Sister Margaret's recipes
Carrots
1 10 oz tomato soup
1/2 cup oil
1 c sugar (I use a lot less)
3/4 c. vinegar
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
Salt to taste
5 cups cooked sliced carrots
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 onion, sliced
Combine soup, oil, sugar, vinegar, mustard, worcestershire and salt in pan. Bring to boil. Pour over carrots, bell peppers and onions.
Yogurt Dressing
1 carton strawberry Greek Yogurt
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp chopped mint
1 tsp poppy seed
Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup melted butter, cooled
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
TOPPING
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup soft butter
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease round 9 inch cake pan or 9x9 inch square pan. Blend all the ingredients up to the Topping. Carefully stir in the blueberries. Spread into the cake pan. Mix the ingredients for the Topping. It will be pasty. Sprinkle over the cake batter. Bake 40-45 minutes.
This recipe was in Sister Margaret Responsorial book
A wake service will be held on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 200 Boulevard Street in Lexington, Mississippi, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Prayer service will be held at 6:30 p.m.
A memorial Mass willashington be held on Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, 123 N Washington.
Held, Sr. Margaret, SSSF Sr. Margaret Held, School Sister of St. Francis, entered Eternal Life on Aug. 25, 2016 in Durant, MS at the age of 68. She was born in Hartford, WI, on Aug. 15, 1948, to Jerome and Dolores (nee Gundrum) Held. Sister Margaret was raised in Slinger, WI. She attended St. Peter's Grade School and entered the School Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee, WI, in 1962, and graduated from Alverno College. Sister Margaret started her religious ministry in education and later entered the nursing field. She taught at St. Joseph's High School in Kenosha and then felt her calling as a social worker in Holly Springs, MS. Because of the need for dedicated health care professionals in the communities of the South, she earned her nursing degree at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, in 1981 and worked as a home health nurse. She received a Master's Degree from Mississippi University for Women as a Nurse Practitioner, and worked for the Department of Health in Tupelo and DePorres Health Center in Marks, MS. Her final ministry was with Sister Paula Merrill (Sisters of Charity of Nazareth) at a clinic in Lexington and another in Durant, MS. They dedicated their lives and love to the poor and disadvantaged for 30 years in the South. They were loved by all the people they served and will be missed deeply by their communities and patients. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Reidell. She is survived by her sisters and brothers: Beth (John) Bacik, brother-in-law Edward Reidell, Jean (Andy) Knoll, Sue (Joe) Zuern, Jim (Mary) Held, Annette (Peter) Schulz, and Tony (Karen) Held, along with many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, aunts, uncle and cousins and members of her religious community, the School Sisters of St. Francis, with whom she shared 49 years of life. Visitation will take place at School Sisters of St. Francis, St. Joseph Center, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, on Friday, September 2, 2016, at 8:30 AM, followed by the wake service at 9:30 AM, in the same location. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 AM. Committal will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 3801 W. Morgan Ave., Milwaukee, WI, at 2:30 PM. In honor of Sister Margaret's commitment to ministry, memorial donations can be made to: The School Sisters of St. Francis Office of Mission Advancement, 1501 S. Layton Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53215.
Published in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, 2016
Some of Sister Margaret's recipes
Carrots
1 10 oz tomato soup
1/2 cup oil
1 c sugar (I use a lot less)
3/4 c. vinegar
1 tbsp prepared mustard
1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
Salt to taste
5 cups cooked sliced carrots
1 green bell pepper, sliced
1 onion, sliced
Combine soup, oil, sugar, vinegar, mustard, worcestershire and salt in pan. Bring to boil. Pour over carrots, bell peppers and onions.
Yogurt Dressing
1 carton strawberry Greek Yogurt
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp lemon juice
2 Tbsp chopped mint
1 tsp poppy seed
Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup melted butter, cooled
3/4 cup milk
1 egg
2 cups blueberries, fresh or frozen
TOPPING
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup soft butter
Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease round 9 inch cake pan or 9x9 inch square pan. Blend all the ingredients up to the Topping. Carefully stir in the blueberries. Spread into the cake pan. Mix the ingredients for the Topping. It will be pasty. Sprinkle over the cake batter. Bake 40-45 minutes.
This recipe was in Sister Margaret Responsorial book
