Sister Joan Kodzik, SSND
(formerly Sister Mariella)
First Profession July 21, 1950
Motherhouse
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sister Joan had often expressed the wish that God would take her quickly. That happened on May 3 when she was taken to emergency at 6:00 a.m. and expired around 6:00 p.m. Just a week before, Sister Joan had joyfully participated in her 1950 profession class reunion.
In her autobiography, Sister Joan states that she was the youngest, that five brothers had died before she was born, and her father's life ended in an accident when she was a year old. Sister Joan was a first-generation American; both parents were immigrants from Poland. Her widowed mother provided a loving home for Sister Joan, her two brothers and two sisters. All are now deceased except one sister.
After profession, Sister Joan spent 27 years teaching intermediate and junior high in Milwaukee, WI, and Grand Rapids and Bessemer, MI. She was also principal and superior at Bessemer. Her gradual loss of hearing forced her to serve the next 20 years as school secretary and in other auxiliary jobs in Berlin, WI, and lastly at St. Augustine's in Milwaukee. Before retirement to NDEG in 2005, Sister Joan ministered part-time as a senior aide through the Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office.
Sisters who lived with Sister Joan shared that she was a "toe-the-mark" person in school, but very fun-loving at home, able to be and let be.
A special joy for Sister Joan was writing letters, many of them to our Sister missionaries. They said she shared newsy items that weren't in the Province mailings. When writing to family, she signed "The Nun" as she was fondly called by nieces and nephews. When email became her method of communication with them, she signed off with "Cyber-nun."
Reverend Tom Wittliff, retired but long-time pastor at St. Augustine, celebrated Sister Joan's Resurrection Liturgy. He said that Sister Joan liked him because he was Polish and his homilies were short. He liked Sister Joan because her life was one of being in love with Jesus Christ.
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Sister Joan's ministry locations were:
•St. Hyacinth, Milwaukee, WI – 1950-1961 (teacher, grades 1, 5 and 6)
•Sacred Heart, Grand Rapids, MI – 1961-1965 (teacher, grade 6)
•St. Sebastian, Bessemer, MI – 1965-1977 (superior, principal, teacher, grades 7-8)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1977-1979 (tutor, library and office help)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1979-1992 (school secretary, Berlin Consolidated Schools)
•St. Augustine, Milwaukee, WI – 1992-1997 (school secretary)
•Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office, Milwaukee, WI – 1997-2005 (senior aide)
•Notre Dame of Elm Grove, Elm Grove, WI – 2005 to present (retired)
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
(formerly Sister Mariella)
First Profession July 21, 1950
Motherhouse
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sister Joan had often expressed the wish that God would take her quickly. That happened on May 3 when she was taken to emergency at 6:00 a.m. and expired around 6:00 p.m. Just a week before, Sister Joan had joyfully participated in her 1950 profession class reunion.
In her autobiography, Sister Joan states that she was the youngest, that five brothers had died before she was born, and her father's life ended in an accident when she was a year old. Sister Joan was a first-generation American; both parents were immigrants from Poland. Her widowed mother provided a loving home for Sister Joan, her two brothers and two sisters. All are now deceased except one sister.
After profession, Sister Joan spent 27 years teaching intermediate and junior high in Milwaukee, WI, and Grand Rapids and Bessemer, MI. She was also principal and superior at Bessemer. Her gradual loss of hearing forced her to serve the next 20 years as school secretary and in other auxiliary jobs in Berlin, WI, and lastly at St. Augustine's in Milwaukee. Before retirement to NDEG in 2005, Sister Joan ministered part-time as a senior aide through the Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office.
Sisters who lived with Sister Joan shared that she was a "toe-the-mark" person in school, but very fun-loving at home, able to be and let be.
A special joy for Sister Joan was writing letters, many of them to our Sister missionaries. They said she shared newsy items that weren't in the Province mailings. When writing to family, she signed "The Nun" as she was fondly called by nieces and nephews. When email became her method of communication with them, she signed off with "Cyber-nun."
Reverend Tom Wittliff, retired but long-time pastor at St. Augustine, celebrated Sister Joan's Resurrection Liturgy. He said that Sister Joan liked him because he was Polish and his homilies were short. He liked Sister Joan because her life was one of being in love with Jesus Christ.
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Sister Joan's ministry locations were:
•St. Hyacinth, Milwaukee, WI – 1950-1961 (teacher, grades 1, 5 and 6)
•Sacred Heart, Grand Rapids, MI – 1961-1965 (teacher, grade 6)
•St. Sebastian, Bessemer, MI – 1965-1977 (superior, principal, teacher, grades 7-8)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1977-1979 (tutor, library and office help)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1979-1992 (school secretary, Berlin Consolidated Schools)
•St. Augustine, Milwaukee, WI – 1992-1997 (school secretary)
•Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office, Milwaukee, WI – 1997-2005 (senior aide)
•Notre Dame of Elm Grove, Elm Grove, WI – 2005 to present (retired)
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
Sister Joan Kodzik, SSND
(formerly Sister Mariella)
First Profession July 21, 1950
Motherhouse
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sister Joan had often expressed the wish that God would take her quickly. That happened on May 3 when she was taken to emergency at 6:00 a.m. and expired around 6:00 p.m. Just a week before, Sister Joan had joyfully participated in her 1950 profession class reunion.
In her autobiography, Sister Joan states that she was the youngest, that five brothers had died before she was born, and her father's life ended in an accident when she was a year old. Sister Joan was a first-generation American; both parents were immigrants from Poland. Her widowed mother provided a loving home for Sister Joan, her two brothers and two sisters. All are now deceased except one sister.
After profession, Sister Joan spent 27 years teaching intermediate and junior high in Milwaukee, WI, and Grand Rapids and Bessemer, MI. She was also principal and superior at Bessemer. Her gradual loss of hearing forced her to serve the next 20 years as school secretary and in other auxiliary jobs in Berlin, WI, and lastly at St. Augustine's in Milwaukee. Before retirement to NDEG in 2005, Sister Joan ministered part-time as a senior aide through the Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office.
Sisters who lived with Sister Joan shared that she was a "toe-the-mark" person in school, but very fun-loving at home, able to be and let be.
A special joy for Sister Joan was writing letters, many of them to our Sister missionaries. They said she shared newsy items that weren't in the Province mailings. When writing to family, she signed "The Nun" as she was fondly called by nieces and nephews. When email became her method of communication with them, she signed off with "Cyber-nun."
Reverend Tom Wittliff, retired but long-time pastor at St. Augustine, celebrated Sister Joan's Resurrection Liturgy. He said that Sister Joan liked him because he was Polish and his homilies were short. He liked Sister Joan because her life was one of being in love with Jesus Christ.
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Sister Joan's ministry locations were:
•St. Hyacinth, Milwaukee, WI – 1950-1961 (teacher, grades 1, 5 and 6)
•Sacred Heart, Grand Rapids, MI – 1961-1965 (teacher, grade 6)
•St. Sebastian, Bessemer, MI – 1965-1977 (superior, principal, teacher, grades 7-8)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1977-1979 (tutor, library and office help)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1979-1992 (school secretary, Berlin Consolidated Schools)
•St. Augustine, Milwaukee, WI – 1992-1997 (school secretary)
•Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office, Milwaukee, WI – 1997-2005 (senior aide)
•Notre Dame of Elm Grove, Elm Grove, WI – 2005 to present (retired)
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
(formerly Sister Mariella)
First Profession July 21, 1950
Motherhouse
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sister Joan had often expressed the wish that God would take her quickly. That happened on May 3 when she was taken to emergency at 6:00 a.m. and expired around 6:00 p.m. Just a week before, Sister Joan had joyfully participated in her 1950 profession class reunion.
In her autobiography, Sister Joan states that she was the youngest, that five brothers had died before she was born, and her father's life ended in an accident when she was a year old. Sister Joan was a first-generation American; both parents were immigrants from Poland. Her widowed mother provided a loving home for Sister Joan, her two brothers and two sisters. All are now deceased except one sister.
After profession, Sister Joan spent 27 years teaching intermediate and junior high in Milwaukee, WI, and Grand Rapids and Bessemer, MI. She was also principal and superior at Bessemer. Her gradual loss of hearing forced her to serve the next 20 years as school secretary and in other auxiliary jobs in Berlin, WI, and lastly at St. Augustine's in Milwaukee. Before retirement to NDEG in 2005, Sister Joan ministered part-time as a senior aide through the Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office.
Sisters who lived with Sister Joan shared that she was a "toe-the-mark" person in school, but very fun-loving at home, able to be and let be.
A special joy for Sister Joan was writing letters, many of them to our Sister missionaries. They said she shared newsy items that weren't in the Province mailings. When writing to family, she signed "The Nun" as she was fondly called by nieces and nephews. When email became her method of communication with them, she signed off with "Cyber-nun."
Reverend Tom Wittliff, retired but long-time pastor at St. Augustine, celebrated Sister Joan's Resurrection Liturgy. He said that Sister Joan liked him because he was Polish and his homilies were short. He liked Sister Joan because her life was one of being in love with Jesus Christ.
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Sister Joan's ministry locations were:
•St. Hyacinth, Milwaukee, WI – 1950-1961 (teacher, grades 1, 5 and 6)
•Sacred Heart, Grand Rapids, MI – 1961-1965 (teacher, grade 6)
•St. Sebastian, Bessemer, MI – 1965-1977 (superior, principal, teacher, grades 7-8)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1977-1979 (tutor, library and office help)
•St. Stanislaus, Berlin, WI – 1979-1992 (school secretary, Berlin Consolidated Schools)
•St. Augustine, Milwaukee, WI – 1992-1997 (school secretary)
•Cudahy/St. Francis Interfaith Office, Milwaukee, WI – 1997-2005 (senior aide)
•Notre Dame of Elm Grove, Elm Grove, WI – 2005 to present (retired)
(School Sisters of Notre Dame, Milwaukee Province)
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord!
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