Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Sister Mary Luisa Cardenas CSC

May 9, 1890 – Oct.29, 1972

 

South Bend Tribune 10/30/1972

Sister Mnary Lucia CSC, 82, of St. Mary’s Convent died there Sunday morning. She was born May 9, 1890 in San Antonio, Tex. and as Josefina Cardenas, entered the Sisters of the Holy Cross July 11, 1915, coming from Saltilla, Coahuila, Mexico. She made her profession of vows on Dec. 10, 1917. She taught Spanish at St. Mary’s College from 1918 to 1969. She had resided at St. Mary’s Convent since her retirement in 1969.

 

Friends may call until time of services Tuesday in the conventparlors. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Our Lady of Loretto Church, with burial in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery on the campus.