Sister Dominica Gonsch, a mamber of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes for 76 years, is 100 years old today. A resident of the Nazareth Heights Infirmary, Route 6, Sister Gonsch was to have a birthday luncheon wih her 92-year-old cousin Ida Rostowsky of Evanston, Ill. A native of Grossklauden, Prussia, Sister Gonsch was born Sept. 8, 1883 , to Francis and Mary Pestka Gonsch.
Asked the secret of her long life, she said, "I surprisd everybody." Sister Gonsch was professed in the congregation on Aug. 15, 1907, having entered the order on Sept. 1, 1904. She is believed to be the only living nun who has known all eight superior generals of the order. A naturalized citizen, Sister Gonsch taught primary school in New London, Two Rivers, Mayville and Fond du Lac, and in Indiana and Pennsylvanis. She retired to Nazareth Heights in 1965.
Friends describe her handwriting as "beautiful", and she is an avid writer of letters and notes. Sister Consch was guest of honor at the annual Founders Day celebration Sept. 2 at St. Agnes Convent.
Story published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 08 Sept. 1983. Thursday. Page 3.
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Sister Dominica Gonsch CSA, 101, of Nazareth Heights, died there Sunday, November, Nov. 11, 1984.
There are no immediate survivors. (See above story for details.)
Obit published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 12 November, 1984. Monday. Page 20.
Asked the secret of her long life, she said, "I surprisd everybody." Sister Gonsch was professed in the congregation on Aug. 15, 1907, having entered the order on Sept. 1, 1904. She is believed to be the only living nun who has known all eight superior generals of the order. A naturalized citizen, Sister Gonsch taught primary school in New London, Two Rivers, Mayville and Fond du Lac, and in Indiana and Pennsylvanis. She retired to Nazareth Heights in 1965.
Friends describe her handwriting as "beautiful", and she is an avid writer of letters and notes. Sister Consch was guest of honor at the annual Founders Day celebration Sept. 2 at St. Agnes Convent.
Story published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 08 Sept. 1983. Thursday. Page 3.
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Sister Dominica Gonsch CSA, 101, of Nazareth Heights, died there Sunday, November, Nov. 11, 1984.
There are no immediate survivors. (See above story for details.)
Obit published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 12 November, 1984. Monday. Page 20.
Sister Dominica Gonsch, a mamber of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Agnes for 76 years, is 100 years old today. A resident of the Nazareth Heights Infirmary, Route 6, Sister Gonsch was to have a birthday luncheon wih her 92-year-old cousin Ida Rostowsky of Evanston, Ill. A native of Grossklauden, Prussia, Sister Gonsch was born Sept. 8, 1883 , to Francis and Mary Pestka Gonsch.
Asked the secret of her long life, she said, "I surprisd everybody." Sister Gonsch was professed in the congregation on Aug. 15, 1907, having entered the order on Sept. 1, 1904. She is believed to be the only living nun who has known all eight superior generals of the order. A naturalized citizen, Sister Gonsch taught primary school in New London, Two Rivers, Mayville and Fond du Lac, and in Indiana and Pennsylvanis. She retired to Nazareth Heights in 1965.
Friends describe her handwriting as "beautiful", and she is an avid writer of letters and notes. Sister Consch was guest of honor at the annual Founders Day celebration Sept. 2 at St. Agnes Convent.
Story published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 08 Sept. 1983. Thursday. Page 3.
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Sister Dominica Gonsch CSA, 101, of Nazareth Heights, died there Sunday, November, Nov. 11, 1984.
There are no immediate survivors. (See above story for details.)
Obit published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 12 November, 1984. Monday. Page 20.
Asked the secret of her long life, she said, "I surprisd everybody." Sister Gonsch was professed in the congregation on Aug. 15, 1907, having entered the order on Sept. 1, 1904. She is believed to be the only living nun who has known all eight superior generals of the order. A naturalized citizen, Sister Gonsch taught primary school in New London, Two Rivers, Mayville and Fond du Lac, and in Indiana and Pennsylvanis. She retired to Nazareth Heights in 1965.
Friends describe her handwriting as "beautiful", and she is an avid writer of letters and notes. Sister Consch was guest of honor at the annual Founders Day celebration Sept. 2 at St. Agnes Convent.
Story published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 08 Sept. 1983. Thursday. Page 3.
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Sister Dominica Gonsch CSA, 101, of Nazareth Heights, died there Sunday, November, Nov. 11, 1984.
There are no immediate survivors. (See above story for details.)
Obit published in the Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. 12 November, 1984. Monday. Page 20.
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