One of the ten children of Joseph and Ida Wilhelmina Medie Van Derhyden.
ANONA VIROQUA ELIZABETH VAN DERHYDEN, b. 25 April 1904, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. Anona Viroqua Elizabeth Van Derhyden graduated from Wabeno Normal School in 1921, and River Falls Normal in 1923. She earned a B.A. from Holy Family College in 1940, and BSLS from the College of St. Catherine in 1944. She also did graduate work at Catholic University in L.S. in the Summer of 1955. Anona entered Holy Family Convent in 1927; Res'd into the Novitiate on June 17 (or 19), 1928; Professed in 1930. Her name in Religion was Sister Mary Josepha. In 1967 she resided at Holy Family College, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 54220. She worked as Librarian at Holy Family College.
On 2 September 1973 a Testimonial Dinner for Sister Mary Josepha was given. Following is a transcript of the speech given by Sister Teresita Kittell:
"It is a joy and a privilege this evening to speak to Sister Josepha's family, her fellow faculty members and her friends about some of her little publicised accomplishments in the field of conservation.
In the early days of our tenure at Holy Family College when the faculty was small, when Sister Josepha was the only librarian and I was the biology department, we got together on many a project. It was then that I found that her love of nature and of the out-of-doors dated from early childhood.
The Van DerHeyden moved to Wabeno when Anona was about five years old and she began her educational career in the first grade in that little lumbering town surrounded by all the beauty and grandeur of Wisconsin's northland.
Before the day of commercialized entertainment and before cars were common, father and mother and the entire Vander Heyden family would go to the woods for a picnic every Sunday, weather permitting, taking the baby in the carriage and the lunch in the little red wagon. The river bank, Range-line Lake--now sophisticated Lake Lucerne--the maple woods or the pine lands meant trips of fascinating interest. It was there that she learned to know and love all nature--the trees and the wildflowers, the fishes and the birds.
Her teen age years in the local high school only deepened this love and knowledge, for all their recreation was oriented to the local environment. You know the old adage, "As the twig is bent." Is it any wonder that her interest in nature and conservation is strong?
This interest was demonstrated early in our careers at Holy Family when the problem of planting trees on the badly eroded slopes in the west pasture became acute. Her enthusiastic support was contageous. Soon all the junior girls in her advisor group were lugging spades and water buckets out to the field, eagerly and energetically planting pine trees. That initial planting gradually developed into a Federally-funded Program, but Sister Josepha and her junior girls got it all started with that beginning reforestation bit.
In other ways, too, while she was director of the juniors, she stimulated in many a young student a love of nature corresponding to her own. Who can tell the good these trips around the lake accomplished in a genuine love of God's creation?
During the years many other projects were started in which she was vitally envolved, and she was, therefore, an important member of the team which won for the college the Isaac Walton Award in 1962.
The citation stresses the following points for which the award was given:
Establishment of courses in conservation and conservation education
Providing a section in the library featuring modern conservation and ecological materials
Cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated in their workshops and other activities
Attendance by the faculty and staff at Audubon Workshops
Shall we glance at these points for a moment?
The courses in Conservation, as in all college courses, lean heavily on the library both for the choice of books and periodicals as well as for making them available to the students. Sister's energetic work in this area needs no explanation.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
Regarding the cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated, she has been a member of that organization and has cooperated with all its projects.
Lastly, she is one of the faculty members mentioned as having attended the Audubon Workshops.
Then in 1964, when the college won the Award of Merit from the National Isaac Walton League of America, she was again, and for the same reasons, an important part of the team to whom credit is due.
Her general interest in conservation and nature study is well known through our area. She joined the Manitowoc Nature Study Club at its inception and was an enthusiastic member of that organization. Frequently she was invited to join with the members of the Wisconsin Ornithological Society in their annual Bird Breakfast and Bird Count and if at all possible, she never missed an Audubon Screen Tour. Her conservation and nature displays in the library showcases have been an inspiration and an enlightenment to many.
Another of her interests is the restoration and preservation of the wildflower population in Saint Joseph's Woods. Her generally hopeful attitude has been a source of encouragement in the face of numerous tragedies and failures. Now that much has been accomplished, we hope she will return when the wildflower display is at its best next spring. There are multitudes of trilliums there now on the west slope because we guarded them so fiercely; marsh marigolds in the hollow because we tried again and again to reestablish them where they had been destroyed, and finally succeeded. She has jealously watched the spread of her favorites, the spring beauties on the hillsides.
But whether her work permits her to come or not, wherever she is her love of nature will always remain with Sister Josepha for it is deep and true--an appreciation of the eternal beauty of God in His universe and may she continue to hear with Gertrude von le Fort, 'the credo of the suns, the gloria of the stars, and earth pregnant with flowers offering love's prayers.'"
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Sister Josepha Van Derhyden, age 92, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Friday, February 21, 1997, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 27, 1997, at Holy Family Convent Chapel. Rev. Samuel D. Jadin will officiate O. Paem. at the Mass of Christian Burial with burial at Holy Family Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The former Anona Van Derhyden was born April 25, 1904, in Green Bay, daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Meadie Van Derhyden. She entered the Convent in 1927 and professed her vows in 1930. Sister Josepha earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Holy Family College, Manitowoc, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Library Science from College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn. Sister Josepha served as a teacher at Guardian Angels, West Point, Neb.; St. Nicholas, Zanesville, Ohio; St. Ambrose, Ironwood, Mich.; and Immaculate Conception, Yuma, Ariz. After earning her degree in library science, she taught courses in library science and served 36 years as College Librarian at Holy Family/Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. After a year serving as library consultant and residing at St. Philip, Green Bay, she returned to Silver Lake College for another 12 years. After her retirement from active ministry, she resided at San Damiano Convent, Slinger, Wis., for two years. Since 1988, she had been a resident of St. Rita Health Center at the Motherhouse. She is a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.
Survivors include the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity; a sister, Lauretta Hyde, Denniston, Ken.; a sister-in-law, Olive Van Derhyden, Wabeno, Wis.; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. at Holy Family Convent Chapel.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 24, 1997 P. A2.
ANONA VIROQUA ELIZABETH VAN DERHYDEN, b. 25 April 1904, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. Anona Viroqua Elizabeth Van Derhyden graduated from Wabeno Normal School in 1921, and River Falls Normal in 1923. She earned a B.A. from Holy Family College in 1940, and BSLS from the College of St. Catherine in 1944. She also did graduate work at Catholic University in L.S. in the Summer of 1955. Anona entered Holy Family Convent in 1927; Res'd into the Novitiate on June 17 (or 19), 1928; Professed in 1930. Her name in Religion was Sister Mary Josepha. In 1967 she resided at Holy Family College, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 54220. She worked as Librarian at Holy Family College.
On 2 September 1973 a Testimonial Dinner for Sister Mary Josepha was given. Following is a transcript of the speech given by Sister Teresita Kittell:
"It is a joy and a privilege this evening to speak to Sister Josepha's family, her fellow faculty members and her friends about some of her little publicised accomplishments in the field of conservation.
In the early days of our tenure at Holy Family College when the faculty was small, when Sister Josepha was the only librarian and I was the biology department, we got together on many a project. It was then that I found that her love of nature and of the out-of-doors dated from early childhood.
The Van DerHeyden moved to Wabeno when Anona was about five years old and she began her educational career in the first grade in that little lumbering town surrounded by all the beauty and grandeur of Wisconsin's northland.
Before the day of commercialized entertainment and before cars were common, father and mother and the entire Vander Heyden family would go to the woods for a picnic every Sunday, weather permitting, taking the baby in the carriage and the lunch in the little red wagon. The river bank, Range-line Lake--now sophisticated Lake Lucerne--the maple woods or the pine lands meant trips of fascinating interest. It was there that she learned to know and love all nature--the trees and the wildflowers, the fishes and the birds.
Her teen age years in the local high school only deepened this love and knowledge, for all their recreation was oriented to the local environment. You know the old adage, "As the twig is bent." Is it any wonder that her interest in nature and conservation is strong?
This interest was demonstrated early in our careers at Holy Family when the problem of planting trees on the badly eroded slopes in the west pasture became acute. Her enthusiastic support was contageous. Soon all the junior girls in her advisor group were lugging spades and water buckets out to the field, eagerly and energetically planting pine trees. That initial planting gradually developed into a Federally-funded Program, but Sister Josepha and her junior girls got it all started with that beginning reforestation bit.
In other ways, too, while she was director of the juniors, she stimulated in many a young student a love of nature corresponding to her own. Who can tell the good these trips around the lake accomplished in a genuine love of God's creation?
During the years many other projects were started in which she was vitally envolved, and she was, therefore, an important member of the team which won for the college the Isaac Walton Award in 1962.
The citation stresses the following points for which the award was given:
Establishment of courses in conservation and conservation education
Providing a section in the library featuring modern conservation and ecological materials
Cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated in their workshops and other activities
Attendance by the faculty and staff at Audubon Workshops
Shall we glance at these points for a moment?
The courses in Conservation, as in all college courses, lean heavily on the library both for the choice of books and periodicals as well as for making them available to the students. Sister's energetic work in this area needs no explanation.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
Regarding the cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated, she has been a member of that organization and has cooperated with all its projects.
Lastly, she is one of the faculty members mentioned as having attended the Audubon Workshops.
Then in 1964, when the college won the Award of Merit from the National Isaac Walton League of America, she was again, and for the same reasons, an important part of the team to whom credit is due.
Her general interest in conservation and nature study is well known through our area. She joined the Manitowoc Nature Study Club at its inception and was an enthusiastic member of that organization. Frequently she was invited to join with the members of the Wisconsin Ornithological Society in their annual Bird Breakfast and Bird Count and if at all possible, she never missed an Audubon Screen Tour. Her conservation and nature displays in the library showcases have been an inspiration and an enlightenment to many.
Another of her interests is the restoration and preservation of the wildflower population in Saint Joseph's Woods. Her generally hopeful attitude has been a source of encouragement in the face of numerous tragedies and failures. Now that much has been accomplished, we hope she will return when the wildflower display is at its best next spring. There are multitudes of trilliums there now on the west slope because we guarded them so fiercely; marsh marigolds in the hollow because we tried again and again to reestablish them where they had been destroyed, and finally succeeded. She has jealously watched the spread of her favorites, the spring beauties on the hillsides.
But whether her work permits her to come or not, wherever she is her love of nature will always remain with Sister Josepha for it is deep and true--an appreciation of the eternal beauty of God in His universe and may she continue to hear with Gertrude von le Fort, 'the credo of the suns, the gloria of the stars, and earth pregnant with flowers offering love's prayers.'"
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Sister Josepha Van Derhyden, age 92, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Friday, February 21, 1997, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 27, 1997, at Holy Family Convent Chapel. Rev. Samuel D. Jadin will officiate O. Paem. at the Mass of Christian Burial with burial at Holy Family Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The former Anona Van Derhyden was born April 25, 1904, in Green Bay, daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Meadie Van Derhyden. She entered the Convent in 1927 and professed her vows in 1930. Sister Josepha earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Holy Family College, Manitowoc, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Library Science from College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn. Sister Josepha served as a teacher at Guardian Angels, West Point, Neb.; St. Nicholas, Zanesville, Ohio; St. Ambrose, Ironwood, Mich.; and Immaculate Conception, Yuma, Ariz. After earning her degree in library science, she taught courses in library science and served 36 years as College Librarian at Holy Family/Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. After a year serving as library consultant and residing at St. Philip, Green Bay, she returned to Silver Lake College for another 12 years. After her retirement from active ministry, she resided at San Damiano Convent, Slinger, Wis., for two years. Since 1988, she had been a resident of St. Rita Health Center at the Motherhouse. She is a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.
Survivors include the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity; a sister, Lauretta Hyde, Denniston, Ken.; a sister-in-law, Olive Van Derhyden, Wabeno, Wis.; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. at Holy Family Convent Chapel.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 24, 1997 P. A2.
One of the ten children of Joseph and Ida Wilhelmina Medie Van Derhyden.
ANONA VIROQUA ELIZABETH VAN DERHYDEN, b. 25 April 1904, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. Anona Viroqua Elizabeth Van Derhyden graduated from Wabeno Normal School in 1921, and River Falls Normal in 1923. She earned a B.A. from Holy Family College in 1940, and BSLS from the College of St. Catherine in 1944. She also did graduate work at Catholic University in L.S. in the Summer of 1955. Anona entered Holy Family Convent in 1927; Res'd into the Novitiate on June 17 (or 19), 1928; Professed in 1930. Her name in Religion was Sister Mary Josepha. In 1967 she resided at Holy Family College, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 54220. She worked as Librarian at Holy Family College.
On 2 September 1973 a Testimonial Dinner for Sister Mary Josepha was given. Following is a transcript of the speech given by Sister Teresita Kittell:
"It is a joy and a privilege this evening to speak to Sister Josepha's family, her fellow faculty members and her friends about some of her little publicised accomplishments in the field of conservation.
In the early days of our tenure at Holy Family College when the faculty was small, when Sister Josepha was the only librarian and I was the biology department, we got together on many a project. It was then that I found that her love of nature and of the out-of-doors dated from early childhood.
The Van DerHeyden moved to Wabeno when Anona was about five years old and she began her educational career in the first grade in that little lumbering town surrounded by all the beauty and grandeur of Wisconsin's northland.
Before the day of commercialized entertainment and before cars were common, father and mother and the entire Vander Heyden family would go to the woods for a picnic every Sunday, weather permitting, taking the baby in the carriage and the lunch in the little red wagon. The river bank, Range-line Lake--now sophisticated Lake Lucerne--the maple woods or the pine lands meant trips of fascinating interest. It was there that she learned to know and love all nature--the trees and the wildflowers, the fishes and the birds.
Her teen age years in the local high school only deepened this love and knowledge, for all their recreation was oriented to the local environment. You know the old adage, "As the twig is bent." Is it any wonder that her interest in nature and conservation is strong?
This interest was demonstrated early in our careers at Holy Family when the problem of planting trees on the badly eroded slopes in the west pasture became acute. Her enthusiastic support was contageous. Soon all the junior girls in her advisor group were lugging spades and water buckets out to the field, eagerly and energetically planting pine trees. That initial planting gradually developed into a Federally-funded Program, but Sister Josepha and her junior girls got it all started with that beginning reforestation bit.
In other ways, too, while she was director of the juniors, she stimulated in many a young student a love of nature corresponding to her own. Who can tell the good these trips around the lake accomplished in a genuine love of God's creation?
During the years many other projects were started in which she was vitally envolved, and she was, therefore, an important member of the team which won for the college the Isaac Walton Award in 1962.
The citation stresses the following points for which the award was given:
Establishment of courses in conservation and conservation education
Providing a section in the library featuring modern conservation and ecological materials
Cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated in their workshops and other activities
Attendance by the faculty and staff at Audubon Workshops
Shall we glance at these points for a moment?
The courses in Conservation, as in all college courses, lean heavily on the library both for the choice of books and periodicals as well as for making them available to the students. Sister's energetic work in this area needs no explanation.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
Regarding the cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated, she has been a member of that organization and has cooperated with all its projects.
Lastly, she is one of the faculty members mentioned as having attended the Audubon Workshops.
Then in 1964, when the college won the Award of Merit from the National Isaac Walton League of America, she was again, and for the same reasons, an important part of the team to whom credit is due.
Her general interest in conservation and nature study is well known through our area. She joined the Manitowoc Nature Study Club at its inception and was an enthusiastic member of that organization. Frequently she was invited to join with the members of the Wisconsin Ornithological Society in their annual Bird Breakfast and Bird Count and if at all possible, she never missed an Audubon Screen Tour. Her conservation and nature displays in the library showcases have been an inspiration and an enlightenment to many.
Another of her interests is the restoration and preservation of the wildflower population in Saint Joseph's Woods. Her generally hopeful attitude has been a source of encouragement in the face of numerous tragedies and failures. Now that much has been accomplished, we hope she will return when the wildflower display is at its best next spring. There are multitudes of trilliums there now on the west slope because we guarded them so fiercely; marsh marigolds in the hollow because we tried again and again to reestablish them where they had been destroyed, and finally succeeded. She has jealously watched the spread of her favorites, the spring beauties on the hillsides.
But whether her work permits her to come or not, wherever she is her love of nature will always remain with Sister Josepha for it is deep and true--an appreciation of the eternal beauty of God in His universe and may she continue to hear with Gertrude von le Fort, 'the credo of the suns, the gloria of the stars, and earth pregnant with flowers offering love's prayers.'"
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Sister Josepha Van Derhyden, age 92, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Friday, February 21, 1997, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 27, 1997, at Holy Family Convent Chapel. Rev. Samuel D. Jadin will officiate O. Paem. at the Mass of Christian Burial with burial at Holy Family Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The former Anona Van Derhyden was born April 25, 1904, in Green Bay, daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Meadie Van Derhyden. She entered the Convent in 1927 and professed her vows in 1930. Sister Josepha earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Holy Family College, Manitowoc, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Library Science from College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn. Sister Josepha served as a teacher at Guardian Angels, West Point, Neb.; St. Nicholas, Zanesville, Ohio; St. Ambrose, Ironwood, Mich.; and Immaculate Conception, Yuma, Ariz. After earning her degree in library science, she taught courses in library science and served 36 years as College Librarian at Holy Family/Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. After a year serving as library consultant and residing at St. Philip, Green Bay, she returned to Silver Lake College for another 12 years. After her retirement from active ministry, she resided at San Damiano Convent, Slinger, Wis., for two years. Since 1988, she had been a resident of St. Rita Health Center at the Motherhouse. She is a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.
Survivors include the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity; a sister, Lauretta Hyde, Denniston, Ken.; a sister-in-law, Olive Van Derhyden, Wabeno, Wis.; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. at Holy Family Convent Chapel.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 24, 1997 P. A2.
ANONA VIROQUA ELIZABETH VAN DERHYDEN, b. 25 April 1904, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. Anona Viroqua Elizabeth Van Derhyden graduated from Wabeno Normal School in 1921, and River Falls Normal in 1923. She earned a B.A. from Holy Family College in 1940, and BSLS from the College of St. Catherine in 1944. She also did graduate work at Catholic University in L.S. in the Summer of 1955. Anona entered Holy Family Convent in 1927; Res'd into the Novitiate on June 17 (or 19), 1928; Professed in 1930. Her name in Religion was Sister Mary Josepha. In 1967 she resided at Holy Family College, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 54220. She worked as Librarian at Holy Family College.
On 2 September 1973 a Testimonial Dinner for Sister Mary Josepha was given. Following is a transcript of the speech given by Sister Teresita Kittell:
"It is a joy and a privilege this evening to speak to Sister Josepha's family, her fellow faculty members and her friends about some of her little publicised accomplishments in the field of conservation.
In the early days of our tenure at Holy Family College when the faculty was small, when Sister Josepha was the only librarian and I was the biology department, we got together on many a project. It was then that I found that her love of nature and of the out-of-doors dated from early childhood.
The Van DerHeyden moved to Wabeno when Anona was about five years old and she began her educational career in the first grade in that little lumbering town surrounded by all the beauty and grandeur of Wisconsin's northland.
Before the day of commercialized entertainment and before cars were common, father and mother and the entire Vander Heyden family would go to the woods for a picnic every Sunday, weather permitting, taking the baby in the carriage and the lunch in the little red wagon. The river bank, Range-line Lake--now sophisticated Lake Lucerne--the maple woods or the pine lands meant trips of fascinating interest. It was there that she learned to know and love all nature--the trees and the wildflowers, the fishes and the birds.
Her teen age years in the local high school only deepened this love and knowledge, for all their recreation was oriented to the local environment. You know the old adage, "As the twig is bent." Is it any wonder that her interest in nature and conservation is strong?
This interest was demonstrated early in our careers at Holy Family when the problem of planting trees on the badly eroded slopes in the west pasture became acute. Her enthusiastic support was contageous. Soon all the junior girls in her advisor group were lugging spades and water buckets out to the field, eagerly and energetically planting pine trees. That initial planting gradually developed into a Federally-funded Program, but Sister Josepha and her junior girls got it all started with that beginning reforestation bit.
In other ways, too, while she was director of the juniors, she stimulated in many a young student a love of nature corresponding to her own. Who can tell the good these trips around the lake accomplished in a genuine love of God's creation?
During the years many other projects were started in which she was vitally envolved, and she was, therefore, an important member of the team which won for the college the Isaac Walton Award in 1962.
The citation stresses the following points for which the award was given:
Establishment of courses in conservation and conservation education
Providing a section in the library featuring modern conservation and ecological materials
Cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated in their workshops and other activities
Attendance by the faculty and staff at Audubon Workshops
Shall we glance at these points for a moment?
The courses in Conservation, as in all college courses, lean heavily on the library both for the choice of books and periodicals as well as for making them available to the students. Sister's energetic work in this area needs no explanation.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
As for the Conservation section in the library as mentioned in the citation, it is evident that Sister carried this project through in large measure by herself.
Regarding the cooperation with Conservation Education Incorporated, she has been a member of that organization and has cooperated with all its projects.
Lastly, she is one of the faculty members mentioned as having attended the Audubon Workshops.
Then in 1964, when the college won the Award of Merit from the National Isaac Walton League of America, she was again, and for the same reasons, an important part of the team to whom credit is due.
Her general interest in conservation and nature study is well known through our area. She joined the Manitowoc Nature Study Club at its inception and was an enthusiastic member of that organization. Frequently she was invited to join with the members of the Wisconsin Ornithological Society in their annual Bird Breakfast and Bird Count and if at all possible, she never missed an Audubon Screen Tour. Her conservation and nature displays in the library showcases have been an inspiration and an enlightenment to many.
Another of her interests is the restoration and preservation of the wildflower population in Saint Joseph's Woods. Her generally hopeful attitude has been a source of encouragement in the face of numerous tragedies and failures. Now that much has been accomplished, we hope she will return when the wildflower display is at its best next spring. There are multitudes of trilliums there now on the west slope because we guarded them so fiercely; marsh marigolds in the hollow because we tried again and again to reestablish them where they had been destroyed, and finally succeeded. She has jealously watched the spread of her favorites, the spring beauties on the hillsides.
But whether her work permits her to come or not, wherever she is her love of nature will always remain with Sister Josepha for it is deep and true--an appreciation of the eternal beauty of God in His universe and may she continue to hear with Gertrude von le Fort, 'the credo of the suns, the gloria of the stars, and earth pregnant with flowers offering love's prayers.'"
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Sister Josepha Van Derhyden, age 92, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, died Friday, February 21, 1997, at Holy Family Memorial Medical Center, Manitowoc.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 27, 1997, at Holy Family Convent Chapel. Rev. Samuel D. Jadin will officiate O. Paem. at the Mass of Christian Burial with burial at Holy Family Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The former Anona Van Derhyden was born April 25, 1904, in Green Bay, daughter of the late Joseph and Ida Meadie Van Derhyden. She entered the Convent in 1927 and professed her vows in 1930. Sister Josepha earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Holy Family College, Manitowoc, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Library Science from College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn. Sister Josepha served as a teacher at Guardian Angels, West Point, Neb.; St. Nicholas, Zanesville, Ohio; St. Ambrose, Ironwood, Mich.; and Immaculate Conception, Yuma, Ariz. After earning her degree in library science, she taught courses in library science and served 36 years as College Librarian at Holy Family/Silver Lake College, Manitowoc. After a year serving as library consultant and residing at St. Philip, Green Bay, she returned to Silver Lake College for another 12 years. After her retirement from active ministry, she resided at San Damiano Convent, Slinger, Wis., for two years. Since 1988, she had been a resident of St. Rita Health Center at the Motherhouse. She is a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.
Survivors include the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity; a sister, Lauretta Hyde, Denniston, Ken.; a sister-in-law, Olive Van Derhyden, Wabeno, Wis.; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Family Convent, Manitowoc. A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. at Holy Family Convent Chapel.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, February 24, 1997 P. A2.
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