Sister Mary Louan Zagrzebski, 96, Oshkosh, a Sister of the Sorrowful Mother, a town of Stockton native and the sister of two Stevens Point residents, died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, in the Franciscan Courts.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16, in the Chapel of the Franciscan Courts in Oshkosh, with the Rev. William Kuhr as celebrant. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery in Oshkosh.
Visitation will be in the chapel from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15.
Fiss & Bills Funeral Home in Oshkosh assisted with arrangements.
Sister Zagrzebski was born Dec. 28, 1913, in the town of Stockton, a daughter of the late Peter and Josephine (Derezinski) Zagrzebeski. She was baptized Louise Lillian Zagrzebski. She was a graduate of Stevens Point High School.
She worked at St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point and got acquainted with the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother.
She entered the Community of the Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother on Jan. 14, 1933, in Milwaukee. She received the name of Sister Mary Aquinata, which she later changed to Louan. She was investitured on Aug. 12, 1933, and she took her first vows on Aug. 12, 1935. Renewing her vows on Aug. 12, 1938, she took her final vows on Aug. 12, 1940, all in Milwaukee. She would have celebrated her 75th Jubilee with her other sisters in June 2010.
She worked in Wichita, Kansas; Milwaukee; Tulsa, Okla.; Tomahawk; San Francisco, Calif.; Stevens Point; and at Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.
She received a bachelor's degree in nursing education from Marquette University in Milwaukee and a master's degree in education and hospital administration from St. Louis University. She also had one year of clinical pastoral education associated with the University of San Francisco and St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco.
Sister Zagrzebski spent 15 years as a nurse educator, 20 years as a hospital and nursing administrator and 10 years as a hospital chaplain (pastoral associate). She retired from full-time professional services to Franciscan Courts in Oshkosh on June 20, 1997, and served those in need on a part-time basis.
Survivors include one brother, Arthur Zagrzebski, Stevens Point; three sisters, Grace Hoerter, Stevens Point, and Marion Pasternacki and Emeline Martinez, both of Flagstaff, Ariz.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by four brothers, Edmund, Edwin, Humphrey and Albert; and two sisters, Ida Walczak and Clara Zagrzebski.