Noella Cavallero, BVM

Noella Cavallero, BVM died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at Caritas Center in Dubuque, Iowa. Visitation will be from 9–10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, in the Marian Hall Chapel, followed by a Sharing of Memories at 10:15 a.m. Funeral liturgy will immediately follow. Burial is in the Mount Carmel cemetery.

She was born in San Francisco on June 2, 1919, to John Mario and Ernestine Reggiardo Cavallero. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1936, from St. Brigid Parish, San Francisco. She professed first vows on March 19, 1939, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1944.

Sister Noella taught elementary school in Council Bluffs, Iowa; Butte, Mont.; Kealia, Kauai, Hawaii; and San Jose, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., where she also served as principal. In later years she volunteered in San Francisco.

She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Elda Saccone. She is survived by a brother-in-law, Joseph Saccone, Sr., San Rafael, Calif.; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 81 years.

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