Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Sister Mary Rachel Nagel CSC

Jan. 15, 1895 – June 7, 1971

 

South Bernd Tribune 6/7/1971

Sister Mary Rachel CSC, 76, died today in St. Mary’s Convent. Born Jan. 15, 1895 in Plymouth, Ind, as Agnes Clara Nagel, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1913. She made her profession of vows on Dec. 10, 1916. Survivors include a sister, Sister M. Alfreda CSC of Our Lady of Holy Cross Convent. She served as an infirmarian and sacristan in schools in CALIFORNIA, Utah and Indiana, including St. Mary’s Academy and St. Mary’s College.

 

Friends may call in the convent where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Our Lady of Loretto Church, with burial in Our Lady of Peace Cemetery at St. Mary’s.