Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

 

SBT – March 27, 1995

Sister M. Francis Agnes Fitzhenry

Nov. 25, 1904-March 26, 1995

SOUTH BEND - Sister M. Francis Agnes Fitzhenry, CSC, 90, of Holy Cross Convent, died at 1:50 a.m. Sunday in the convent.

Sister Fitzhenry was born Nov. 25, 1904, in Harvard, Ill., as Helen Mercy Fitzhenry. She entered the Congregation of Sisters of the Holy Cross, Saint Mary's College, in 1928, and professed her vows Aug. 15, 1930. She was an elementary school teacher in California, Utah and Nevada, and came here in 1984, retiring in 1994.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Church of Loretto, Saint Mary's College. Burial will be in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Tuesday in the church, where a wake service will be at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry with the Poor. Hickey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.