Submitted by: Dan Rich

Sister Mary Nicholas Gough CSC

Dec. 9, 1912 - Sept. 13, 2007

South Bend Tribune 9/16/2007
SOUTH BEND - Sister Mary Nicholas (Rose Margaret Gough), CSC, 94, was born in Dayton, Ohio, on December 9, 1912. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas J. and Mary Gertrude Byrne Gough. Sister was preceded in death by her four brothers and three sisters. She is survived by her niece, Joan Newland, OH; nephews, Nicholas (Anne) Gough, OH, and Richard Gough, KY; and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Gough, OH. Sister will be missed by cousins and many friends. Sister entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1931 and made final profession in 1937. Sister began as an elementary teacher and in 1937 studied nursing at Mount Carmel, Columbus, OH. After graduation she was made night supervisor at Mount Carmel. She attended Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and received a BS in nursing education. Sister returned to Mount Carmel as assistant director and instructor in the school of nursing.

In 1956 Sister was made director of Holy Cross School of Nursing, Saint Joseph's Hospital, South Bend, and held in 1963 the same position in the school of nursing, and following post-master's study at Dunbarton College, Washington, D.C., was made director of in-service education at Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD. In 1967 she was an associate professor, Penn State University, Pittsburgh, and in 1969 associate professor, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Sister Nicholas returned to Mount Carmel Hospital as research consultant, nursing service, until she retired 1984 to Saint Mary's Convent, Notre Dame, IN, and was active in community service, visiting the elderly and the ministry of prayer until her death. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Cross Ministry with the Poor Fund, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

Wake service will be Monday, September 17, 2007, at 4 p.m. in Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary's, Notre Dame, IN. Funeral service will be Tuesday, September 18, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. in Church of Our Lady of Loretto. Kaniewski Funeral Home is handling arrangements.