Sister Mary Cecile Ripslinger, RSM, a Sister of Mercy for 73 years, died at McAuley Retirement Center in Farmington Hills on January 18, 2006. She was 90.
She was born on September 3, 1915 to Frank and Abbie (Spielmacher) Ripslinger in Saginaw and named Rose Ann at her baptism.
After graduation from Mt. Mercy Academy in Grand Rapids, she joined the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa, where she received the name, Sister Mary Cecile. She professed perpetual vows on August 16, 1938.
Sister Mary Cecile earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mercy College of Detroit and a master of arts degree from the University of Detroit. Her teaching career in parochial elementary schools in Michigan and Iowa spanned almost 40 years.
Sister Mary Cecile taught in Grand Haven, Midland, Holland, Bay City, Parnell, Berkley, Temperance, Cheboygan, Lansing, Pinconning, Hemlock and Hazel Park, Michigan, and in Early and Independence, Iowa.
She served in pastoral ministry at St. Simon Parish in Ludington from 1974 to 1985, Holy Spirit in Grand Rapids for two years, and St. Joseph Parish in Battle Creek from 1988 until 1993, when she retired to a life of prayer at McAuley Center.
Sister Mary Cecile is remembered as a person who enjoyed life and encouraged others to do their best. Those who knew her as a colleague and as a teacher recalled how she not only imparted basic knowledge to her students, but also led them to an appreciation of music. In her pastoral care years, she was especially attentive to the needs of the elderly.
She was born on September 3, 1915 to Frank and Abbie (Spielmacher) Ripslinger in Saginaw and named Rose Ann at her baptism.
After graduation from Mt. Mercy Academy in Grand Rapids, she joined the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa, where she received the name, Sister Mary Cecile. She professed perpetual vows on August 16, 1938.
Sister Mary Cecile earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mercy College of Detroit and a master of arts degree from the University of Detroit. Her teaching career in parochial elementary schools in Michigan and Iowa spanned almost 40 years.
Sister Mary Cecile taught in Grand Haven, Midland, Holland, Bay City, Parnell, Berkley, Temperance, Cheboygan, Lansing, Pinconning, Hemlock and Hazel Park, Michigan, and in Early and Independence, Iowa.
She served in pastoral ministry at St. Simon Parish in Ludington from 1974 to 1985, Holy Spirit in Grand Rapids for two years, and St. Joseph Parish in Battle Creek from 1988 until 1993, when she retired to a life of prayer at McAuley Center.
Sister Mary Cecile is remembered as a person who enjoyed life and encouraged others to do their best. Those who knew her as a colleague and as a teacher recalled how she not only imparted basic knowledge to her students, but also led them to an appreciation of music. In her pastoral care years, she was especially attentive to the needs of the elderly.
Sister Mary Cecile Ripslinger, RSM, a Sister of Mercy for 73 years, died at McAuley Retirement Center in Farmington Hills on January 18, 2006. She was 90.
She was born on September 3, 1915 to Frank and Abbie (Spielmacher) Ripslinger in Saginaw and named Rose Ann at her baptism.
After graduation from Mt. Mercy Academy in Grand Rapids, she joined the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa, where she received the name, Sister Mary Cecile. She professed perpetual vows on August 16, 1938.
Sister Mary Cecile earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mercy College of Detroit and a master of arts degree from the University of Detroit. Her teaching career in parochial elementary schools in Michigan and Iowa spanned almost 40 years.
Sister Mary Cecile taught in Grand Haven, Midland, Holland, Bay City, Parnell, Berkley, Temperance, Cheboygan, Lansing, Pinconning, Hemlock and Hazel Park, Michigan, and in Early and Independence, Iowa.
She served in pastoral ministry at St. Simon Parish in Ludington from 1974 to 1985, Holy Spirit in Grand Rapids for two years, and St. Joseph Parish in Battle Creek from 1988 until 1993, when she retired to a life of prayer at McAuley Center.
Sister Mary Cecile is remembered as a person who enjoyed life and encouraged others to do their best. Those who knew her as a colleague and as a teacher recalled how she not only imparted basic knowledge to her students, but also led them to an appreciation of music. In her pastoral care years, she was especially attentive to the needs of the elderly.
She was born on September 3, 1915 to Frank and Abbie (Spielmacher) Ripslinger in Saginaw and named Rose Ann at her baptism.
After graduation from Mt. Mercy Academy in Grand Rapids, she joined the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa, where she received the name, Sister Mary Cecile. She professed perpetual vows on August 16, 1938.
Sister Mary Cecile earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mercy College of Detroit and a master of arts degree from the University of Detroit. Her teaching career in parochial elementary schools in Michigan and Iowa spanned almost 40 years.
Sister Mary Cecile taught in Grand Haven, Midland, Holland, Bay City, Parnell, Berkley, Temperance, Cheboygan, Lansing, Pinconning, Hemlock and Hazel Park, Michigan, and in Early and Independence, Iowa.
She served in pastoral ministry at St. Simon Parish in Ludington from 1974 to 1985, Holy Spirit in Grand Rapids for two years, and St. Joseph Parish in Battle Creek from 1988 until 1993, when she retired to a life of prayer at McAuley Center.
Sister Mary Cecile is remembered as a person who enjoyed life and encouraged others to do their best. Those who knew her as a colleague and as a teacher recalled how she not only imparted basic knowledge to her students, but also led them to an appreciation of music. In her pastoral care years, she was especially attentive to the needs of the elderly.
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