Rita Mary (Magdalene) Zander, BVM
Rita Mary Zander, BVM (Magdalene) died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at Marian Hall in Dubuque, Iowa. Visitation will be from 9:30–10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in the Marian Hall Chapel, followed by a community prayer and funeral liturgy. Burial is in the Mount Carmel cemetery.
She was born in Chicago on March 12, 1924, to Edward and Magdalene Gostomski Zander. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1943, from St. Viator Parish, Chicago. She professed first vows on March 19, 1946, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1951.
Sister Rita Mary taught elementary school in San Francisco, San Jose, and Palm Springs, Calif.; Butte and Missoula, Mont.; and Las Vegas, Nev. She taught ninth grade math and served as high school treasurer in Butte.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Edward Zander. She is survived by a sister, Esther Gliot, Richmond, Va.; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 74 years.
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God Rest your soul Sister, I remember you very well! You could hit a home run when playing softball every time you were up to bat!
Hit some home runs Sister!
God Bless.
Aggie Walsh Duhame