M Ramona Schweich
d. January 1, 1900
M Ramona Schweich
Mankato Mortuary
1001 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-2202
Our beloved Sister M. Ramona Schweich, 89, died peacefully at 3:01 p.m., Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Notre Dame Health Care Center, Good Counsel Campus, Mankato, Minnesota. Several sisters and her niece, Susan Woodwick, were with her when she died.
The funeral Mass for Sister Ramona, with Fr. Paul Nelson and Fr. Charles Quinn as co-presiders, will be on Monday, March 19, at 10:30 a.m. in Good Counsel Chapel, followed by burial in our cemetery. The vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m. on March 18. Loving sympathy to her sister, Jeanette Fox, and her brother, Ralph, her nieces and nephews and their families, her former students and colleagues, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Sister Ramona was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Susan (Gergen) Schweich, a sister, Monica Woodwick, and brothers, Roman and Gerald.
Sister Ramona was born August 17, 1922, on the family farm near New Trier, Minnesota, and given the name Mildred Margaret. She described her first days, "The first three days of my sojourn on earth, I slept constantly and didn't cry at all. Early on August 20, the doctor advised that I be baptized since he feared I would never be able "to throw off sleep.'" She was the fifth child in the family; however, since one had died in infancy, there were now four children, two boys and two girls, in the family. When Mildred was six months old, their home burned and all contents were lost. No one was hurt, but for the next eighteen months, the family lived in temporary housing, either with relatives or in a made-over granary. Two more children were born later.
Mildred experienced strong family love as she was growing up. She wrote, "I used to pray that I would be the first one to die in my family because I thought I could never go on living if anyone in the family died." She loved living on the farm, and always considered herself a "country girl." For eight years she attended St. Mary's School, New Trier, where she was taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. During the winter months, the Schweich children usually boarded at the convent during the week. In her autobiography, Sister Ramona related an incident during her grade school years that directly impacted her choice of vocation: "When I was about ten years old, Reverend Mother Almeda from Germany visited America [1933
1001 N. Riverfront Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-2202
Our beloved Sister M. Ramona Schweich, 89, died peacefully at 3:01 p.m., Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Notre Dame Health Care Center, Good Counsel Campus, Mankato, Minnesota. Several sisters and her niece, Susan Woodwick, were with her when she died.
The funeral Mass for Sister Ramona, with Fr. Paul Nelson and Fr. Charles Quinn as co-presiders, will be on Monday, March 19, at 10:30 a.m. in Good Counsel Chapel, followed by burial in our cemetery. The vigil service will be at 7:00 p.m. on March 18. Loving sympathy to her sister, Jeanette Fox, and her brother, Ralph, her nieces and nephews and their families, her former students and colleagues, and her sisters in community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Sister Ramona was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Susan (Gergen) Schweich, a sister, Monica Woodwick, and brothers, Roman and Gerald.
Sister Ramona was born August 17, 1922, on the family farm near New Trier, Minnesota, and given the name Mildred Margaret. She described her first days, "The first three days of my sojourn on earth, I slept constantly and didn't cry at all. Early on August 20, the doctor advised that I be baptized since he feared I would never be able "to throw off sleep.'" She was the fifth child in the family; however, since one had died in infancy, there were now four children, two boys and two girls, in the family. When Mildred was six months old, their home burned and all contents were lost. No one was hurt, but for the next eighteen months, the family lived in temporary housing, either with relatives or in a made-over granary. Two more children were born later.
Mildred experienced strong family love as she was growing up. She wrote, "I used to pray that I would be the first one to die in my family because I thought I could never go on living if anyone in the family died." She loved living on the farm, and always considered herself a "country girl." For eight years she attended St. Mary's School, New Trier, where she was taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. During the winter months, the Schweich children usually boarded at the convent during the week. In her autobiography, Sister Ramona related an incident during her grade school years that directly impacted her choice of vocation: "When I was about ten years old, Reverend Mother Almeda from Germany visited America [1933
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