Part 2 - Sisters of Providence

Sisters of Providence
thank our donors and benefactors
W
e deeply appreciate your kind and generous donations to the Sisters of Providence and the ministries in
El Salvador, the Philippines and the United States. We acknowledge the contributions that were received through the
Development Office from January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007. If you note any error in these records,
we apologize and ask you to please contact us at (509) 474-2311.
$1,000+
MAJOR BENEFACTORS:
Raymond & Ann Battersby
Jim & Marlene Becker
Frank & Sharon Bouten
Virginia Ficco
James & Rosemarie Flaherty
Anthony Gasperino
Tim & Donna George
Healing the Children
Alfred Herrera
Leon D. Hill
Leonard Hill
Holy Family Hospital
Roxanne Hutton
Ignatius Ohno Foundation
E. Dylan King
Harry & Colleen
Magnuson & Family
Henrietta Manipis, PA
Audrey M. McGary
Kevin Nicols & Diana Nichols
Dr. Michael & Kendra OʼDea
Pathology Associates Medical
Laboratories
Providence Nutrition Services
Francis & Sandra Raucci
Cecelia V. Ryan
Alberta Schwengber
St. Cecilia Parish
The Ulrich Trust
Wilma I. Walsh
Robert & Mary Wildenhaus
$500-$999
MAJOR DONORS:
Monica Anderson
Dennis & Saralyn Anderson
Lois Ann Baker
Pamela Behring
Rev. William Cawley
Roger & Kathleen Chase
Pauline Crabb
Garrick & Lela Dung
Thomas George
Betty J. Harrington, PA
Juliane P. Hill
Kathryn Hill
Knights of Columbus
Leonard & Martha Korslund
Robert & Ann Kudrna
Kathleen Manning
James Peplinski
St. Aloysius Parish
St. Luke the Evangelist Church
Alfred Stein
E. Kay Stepp
Thomas & Camilla Tilford
Richard & Barbara Umbdenstock
George & Rita Waldref
Donald & Mary Wieckowicz
Mary Ann Wilharm, PA
$100-$499
SPECIAL DONORS:
Fritz & Susana Ahern
Thomas & Jane Baffney
William & Carol Barber
Georgette Bayless, SP
Joyce Bennett
Monica & David Brethauer
Dr. Michael Buckley
Robert & Catherine Carbaugh
Gordon Carlton &
Valerie Carlton, PA
Phyllis Carpenter
Betty L. Carroll
Catholic Daughters of America
Catholic Youth Celebration
Marvin & Carol Cecchini
Cecelia E. Chappell
Rosina Chvatal
Joan & Leonard Cockrill
Pat & Salie Cockrill
Andrea & Stephen Coleman
Ellen & Phil Collins
Robert & Betty Jean Collins
Colvico Inc.
Dr. Frank Conklin
Thomas & Evelyn Corley
Lily Costales
Ralph & Catherine Coston
Elaine Couture
Barb & Johnny Cox
James & Lois Cox
Drs. Arthur & Joan Craig
Dr. Michael & Linda Cunningham
Tom & Tamara Dimke
Winifred & Michael Doohan
Irene Dufort, PA
Lawrence & Grace Dyer
Dr. A. Craig Eddy
Raymond & Dr. Maura Egan
Joeine M. Enneking
Margaret Hoffman Erickson &
Larry Erickson
Nicolas Francisco Estrada
Patricia A. Ewens
Patrick Farris
Dr. David G. Fellin
Morris & Yvonne Fitzpatrick
Leo & Wilma Flesch
Cheryl Friberg
Raymond & Barbara Frye
William George & Susan Ross
Don & Jean Giovanazzi
Irene Gleason
John & Nancy Glueckert
Mary Glueckert
Debora L. Good
John P. Greeley
Kathleen Gutierrez
Suzanne, Rick, Sean,
Kelli & Ryan Hagan
Claudia Haglund
Mary Lou Hennessey, PA
Hennessey Funeral Home
Matthew & Rachel Herb
Erin M. Herron
Maureen Hill
Jerry & Shirley Hofmeister
Dr. Won & Kyong Hee Hong
Philip Huber
Elizabeth James
Paul & Judy Jaremko
Jesuit Fathers of Yakima
Dr. Ken & Marie Kapstafer
John & Christine Miles Kelliher
Brenda Kelly
Margaret Kluck
Frances Kuhl
Terence & Patricia Lacroix
Reggie & MaryAnne Lantz
Dr. Thomas & Alice Layne
Gerald & Stephanna Leahy
Joe & Martha Legel, PAs
Cecilia Lentz
Mary Frances Lentz
Ken & Annie Lind, PAs
James & Alouez Linehan
Gary & Karen Logsdon
Fr. Stanley Malnar, MD, PA
Robert & Rita Mannery
Scott Manning, PA
Emmett & Amedee Marx
Tom & Maria Mathews & family
Loraine McElhaney
Eleanor McElwee, PA
Joseph McGinn
Tom & Chere McKeirnan
Tom & Maria McKeirnan
Chris & Connie Melone
Thomas & Margaret Mesaros
Roger & Linda Meyers
Dr. Thomas & Nadine Miller
Dennis Minno & Brenda Kerr
Darlene Moore, PA
Gerald B. Moran
Timothy & Hye Moran
Eleanor Morgan
Mosher/Drew/Watson/
Ferguson Architects
Jack & Margaret Mudd
Dr. Edward & Jeanne Mulick
Ray & Shirley Murphy
Smithmoore & Sandy Myers
John Nevers
Alice Nevue
David Nocchi
Dr. J. Patrick & Rhonda Nolan
James & Sheila Nordale
Eileen Norris, PA
Jorge & Maureen Olguin
Dr. Donald & Joanne Olson
William Pancake
Frank & Adele Perrault
William & Dorothy Petesch
Molly Philopant
Clay Randall
Paul & Barbara Redmond
Mary Reilly
Jennifer & Larry Roseman
John & Marianne Rutan
Robert & Jean Sagerson
Joseph & Elizabeth Schamber
Donald & Anne Schmutz
Colleen Seed, PA
Elizabeth Seibert
Bob Sendek & Marilyn
Sendek, PA
Anita Shaffer
Joanne F. Shreeve
Beatrice M. Siring
Marie Raschko Sokol, PA
St. Patrick Hospital & Health
Sciences Center
Rosemary Stallé
Delbert Steele
Roger Steele & Janet Steele, PA
Neal & Kam Stehly
Charles Steilen
Olaf & Marie Stimac
Patricia Stimson
Madalen Sugrue
Johnette Sullivan
Robert Sullivan
Jack Sumner
Herbert & Ann Bourke Tasker
Mr. & Mrs. George Telfer
Anthony Teske
Monica Toth
Sam & Harriett Van Wyck
Vernon & Joanne Waldenberg
Diana Wales
Gregory Weaver
Fr. Severyn Westbrook
Mary Wetsch-Johnson
Lawrence & Mary White
Mary Louise Williams
Paul & Mary Lou Wilson
Lloyd Withey
Marilyn Wittenmyer, PA
Sisters of Providence thank our donors and benefactors ● January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007
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$1 - $99
DONORS:
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Therese R. Albee
Carol Anderson
Ken & Kay Anderson
Myrwin & Dawn Anderson
Mae Ann Asimus
Toni Bailie, PA
Helen Ball
Deacon Jim Barrow, PA
Marilyn Before
Diana K. Bieker
Joann Bierman
Mary Bischoff, PA
Dr. Melinda K. Blade
Caroline Blankenship
Dr. Robert & Nancy Bonneau
Pamela Bourne
Marilyn Bowe
Nancy Preston Bredbeck
Florence R. Brooks
Nancy C. Brooks, PA
Paul Brown
John & Florence Brunelle
Mary L. Busch
Mary Butler, PA
Laurine C. Campbell
Rose Caplis
Karen Carl
Dale & Gladys Carlsen
Grace Carlson
Dr. Mary Jo & Ltc. Norman Carr
Elizabeth Cavanagh
Joan Chapman, PA
Kathryn Church
Florence Montani Cicero
Larry & Barbara Clark
Todd & Ashley Clark
Evelyn Cochran
Pauline Cole
Dr. Grant & Dorothy Cooney
Sarah Jean & George Cooper
Virginia Cory, PA
Patricia Crowley
Edmund & Ellen Cummings
Nancy Davidson
The Bob Davies family
Marty Davis & Kelly Davis, PA
Beverly Deckelmann
Judith DeCourcy
Sonia Delaney
Edward & Jacqueline Deroche
Herman & Mary Desautels
Phyllis Dowling
Billie J. Dranchek
Emile & Carmel Dufault
Jon & Gretchen Echols
Peter & Patricia Edlefsen
S. Edward & Virginia English
Ramona Erickson
Russell Esposito
Mareen Ewing
Margaret Feist
Verna Felice
Patricia Fellbaum
Judith Flanagan
Judi Flisakowski
Daniel & Clauda Fortensky
David Gales
Stacy & Marie-Luise Gales
Mrs. Pat Garvey
Michael & Norma Gavin
Jeanne Ghormley
Michael & Susan Gillespie
Susan Gilmartin
Louise Graffenberger
Richard & Francine Gretch
Fred & Karen Hall
Marjorie K. Hall
Chris & Laura Halter, PAs
Elizabeth Haman & Betty Esterl
Mary Harlow
Charles Hofer
Author & Marjorie Hughes
Molly Hughes
Annie Hulme, PA
Gwen Hurst
Eunice Jacobsen-Berntsson
Stella Janosov, PA
Evelyn Jenda, PA
Raland John & Cynthia John, PA
Brenda Johnson
Kent & Mamie Johnson
Marian Julum-Weaver, PA
Verlene D. Kaiser
Arthur & Kathleen Kaluza
Ruth Kauffman
Cecilia M. Kays
Catherine Kelly
Richard & Ruth Kelly
Suzanne M. Kennedy
Vernon & Barbara Kenney
Carol Kilduff
Agnes King-Babe
Joan Knebel
Connie Koentopp
Henry & Margaret Koner
Sue Ellen Kromm
Robert & Deborah Kuntz
Frank & Shirley Lattanzio
Betty Lou LaVigne
Dale & Rose Lavigne
Leon Leadon & Betty Leadon, PA
Michael & Patricia Liner
Lawrence & Patricia Link
Arch Logan, Jr.
Judith Lynn-Perez
Dr. Roderick G. MacKintosh
Joseph & Donna May Mahoney
Janet Mansberry
John & Julia Manuel
Martha Markarian, PA
Eldon & Geraldine Marshall
Mary Ann Martello
Philomena Martello
Richard & Barbara Mauro
Sam Mauro
Rose Anne McClellan
Bill & Marcia McCorkle
Gary & Colleen McKinley
Janice McLaughlin
Dorothy Miller, PA
William Miller
Catherine Mitchell
Clell B. Moberly
Paul & Mary Lou Morin
Gemalee Morrison
Carolyn Morton
Michael Mullen &
Irene Mullen, PA
Eugene & Frances Munson, PAs
Mrs. Mary T. Murphy
Virginia Murphy, PA
Jack Myers & Patricia Myers, PA
Kenneth & Carol Nelson
Michael & Susan Nestor
Edward & Kathleen Nieubuurt
Anita-Narcisa Norcross
Gwen & Craig Nowak
Carl & Barbara Nunes
William & Beth Nye
Denise OʼBryan
Garvin & Ann Olson, PAs
Patrick & Leslie OʼNeill
Lorraine B. Ostrin
Mary Palosh
Dr. Robert & Jeanne Parker
Mildred Pedersen
Harve H. Phipps, Jr.
Carolyn Poirier
Elizabeth Pontarolo
Portland Providence Associates
Donna H. Powell
Pablo & Jennifer Proano
Ramona Raffaell, PA
Jacqueline Rago
Rebecca Barrett Rawson
Connie Renggli
Laurie Roberts
Lowell & Kathleen Ruen
Patricia Rutan
John H. Ryan, OCP
Roberta Sample, PA
Marilee Schiff & Karl
Schwenfurth
David & Sarah Schnitger
Richard & Mary Schroeder
Robert & Carolyn Selbe
John & Ann Siegrist
Phyllis Silva-Keith, PA
Christopher & Elizabeth Smith
Roger & Mary Smith
Dorothy Spangelo
Carol Speltz
Pamela G. Spino, PA
Cary Sprecher, PA
Sallie Sprute
Dorothy St. Germain, PA
Richard & Sue Stockinger
Rita M. Stoll
Charles & Kathleen Stone
Robert J. Strupp
Ford & Libby Swenson
William & Sheryl Thomas
Mrs. J. F. Tierney
Patricia Tkaczyk
Jeanne Tribbett
Jack & Pat Trotter
Lorna Van Lankeren
Mary Louise Van Ness
Mary Vassar
Nestor Daniel Vicente
David & Betty Walters
Marilyn Ward
Dorothy Warren, PA
Marcella Wenala
Jean White, PA
Irene Willebrand
James & Gloria Wittrell
Dennis & Beatrice Wolf
Carolyn Wuchter
Theresa Yoon
Michael and Cheryl Zoltak
SISTERSʼ GIFTS
DONATED TO FUND:
Sr. Dorothy Byrne
Sr. Rose Byrne
Carmelite Monastery of Seattle
Sr. Marilyn Charette
Sr. Dianne Crawford
Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual
Adoration
Sr. Rose Lulay
Sr. Loretta Marie Marceau
Sr. Marguerite OʼConnor
Sr. Alice St. Hilaire
Sisters of St. Benedict
- St. Placid Priory
Sisters of Providence - Portland
Sisters of St. Joseph - Newport
MEMORIALS 2007:
We are grateful for thoughtful
donations received through the
Development Office in memory of
deceased friends or loved ones.
In memory of Sr. Rose Angela
Dorothy Spangelo
In memory of Sr. Anselma Mary
Thomas & Camilla Tilford
In memory of Edith Keith Arnold
Phyllis Silva-Keith, PA
In memory of Leonard Barrow, Jr.
James R. Barrow, PA
In memory of Edith Berry
& Katherine Nordale
James & Sheila Nordale
In memory of Paul Bierman
Joann Bierman
In memory of Sr. Mary Blanchet
Irene Dufort, PA
In memory of Mildred
Bodell & Francis Bodell
Kelly Davis, PA &
Marty Davis & family
In memory of Marilyn Bowe
John Bowe
In memory of Sr. Barbara
Ann Brenner
Paul Brown
In memory of Edward Chvatal
Rosina Chvatal
In memory of Vincent Cicero
Florence Cicero
In memory of deceased members
of Collings & Swenson families
Ferd & Libby Swenson
In memory of Norma Collins
Karen Carl
In memory of Sr. Honora Collins
Robert & Rita Mannery
Roger & Mary Smith
In memory of Diane J. Cooper
Myrwin & Dawn Anderson
In memory of Karen Cosgrove
Fritz & Susana Ahern
Eunice Jacobsen-Berntsson
Dr. Melinda K. Blade
Pamela Bourne
Nancy Preston Bredbeck
Larry & Barbara Clark
Todd & Ashley Clark
Patricia Crowley
Edward & Jacqueline Deroche
Suzanne, Rick, Sean, Kelli
& Ryan Hagen
Author & Marjorie Hughes
Gwen Hurst
John & Christine Miles Kelliher
Richard & Ruth Kelly
Suzanne M. Kennedy
Barbara & Dick Mauro
Sisters of Providence thank our donors and benefactors ● January 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007
William H. Miller
Carolyn Morton
Mosher/Drew/Watson/
Ferguson Architects
Neal & Kam Stehly
Herbert & Bourke Tasker
Gregory Weaver
In memory of Sr. Virginia Cosner
Rose Caplis
In memory of Kathleen Cronin
Marilyn Before
In memory of Bob Davies
The Bob Davies Family
In memory of Srs. Agnus
Delfine & Mildred Marie
David Gales
In memory of Peter DeLong
Pablo & Jennifer Proano
In memory of Cecilia M. Dilley
Nancy C. Brooks, PA
In memory of Srs. Sedonia
Doyon & Glenrose Dalrymple
Betty Carroll
In memory of Sr. Esther Dufault
Emile & Carmel Dufault
In memory of Eliane Dufault
Laurie Roberts
In memory of Neil Dufort
Irene Dufort, PA
In memory of Sr. Judith Edwards
Patricia Moorehead
In memory of Bernard Fellbaum
& Patrocina Macadangdang
Patricia Fellbaum
In memory of Nellie Fuchs
Pauline Cole
Christopher & Elizabeth Smith
Harve Phipps, Jr.
Lawrence & Patricia Link
In memory of Lucy Garcia
Johnette Sullivan
In memory of Dr. John Garvey
Mrs. Pat Garvey
In memory of June Gasperino
Anthony Gasperino
In memory of Sr. Louise Gleason
Irene Gleason
In memory of George
W. Glueckert
Mrs. Mary Glueckert
In memory of Dorothy Grogan
Mary Ann Martello
In memory of Sr.
Katherine Hanley
Erin Herron
In memory of Sr. Rose
Estelle Harvey
Jack & Pat Trotter
In memory of Joseph
L. Hennessey
Mary Lou Hennessey
In memory of Herzog &
McKeirnan parents
Tom & Maria McKeirnan
In memory of Mary Hill
Lois Ann Baker
Monica & David Brethauer
Phyllis Dowling
Juliane P. Hill
Kathryn Hill
Leon D. Hill
Leonard Hill
Maureen Hill
Frank & Shirley Lattanzio
Donald & Mary Wieckowicz
In memory of
Sr. Michelle Holland
Ken and Kay Anderson
Helen Ball
Dr. William & Carol Barber
Roger & Kathleen Chase
Dr. Grant & Dorothy Cooney
Ralph & Catherine Coston
Winifred & Michael Doohan
Garrick & Lela Dung
Lawrence & Grace Dyer
Margaret Hoffman Erickson
& Larry Erickson
Betty Esterl & Liz Haman
Judi Flisakowski
Molly Hughes
Raland John &
Cynthia John, PA
Dr. Kennard & Marie
Kapstafer
Connie Koentopp
Frances T. Kuhl
Gerald & Stephanna Leahy
Clarence and Martha Legel
Arch Logan, Jr.
Kathleen Manning
Philomena Martello
Roger and Linda Meyers
Dr. Thomas & Nadine Miller
Catherine Mitchell
Paul & Mary Lou Morin
Virginia Murphy, PA
William & Dorothy Petesch
Elizabeth Pontarolo
Donna H. Powell
Paul & Barbara Redmond
Lowell & Kathleen Ruen
Joanne Shreeve
John & Ann Siegrist
Carol Speltz
St. Patrick Hospital &
Health Sciences Center
Robert Strupp
Madalen Sugrue
Patricia Tkaczyk
Terence and Monica Toth
Richard & Barbara
Umbdenstock
Lorna Van Lankeren
Mary Vassar
Dorothy Warren, PA
Lawrence & Mary White
Irene Willebrand
James & Gloria Wittrell
Dennis & Beatrice Wolf
In memory of Joan
Pariseau Huber
Philip Huber
In memory of Ulysee
A. Huguenin
Betty Lou LaVigne
In memory of Joanne Janke
John & Florence Brunelle
In memory of Arthur
(Rocky) Kaluza
Arthur & Kathleen Kaluza
In memory of Shiavax Kapadia
Sr. Rose Byrne
In memory of Sr. Elsie Kelly
Reggie & MaryAnne Lantz
Vern & Joanne Waldenberg
In memory of Sr. Marie
Emmeline Ladd
Nancy Davidson
Pauline Crabb
In memory of Sr. Anne
Marcelle LeMay
Mary Ann Wilharm, PA
In memory of Herb Lentz
Cecilia Lentz
In memory of Srs. Mildred
Marie & Mary Alvera
Denise OʼBryan
In memory of Srs. Alberic
Marie & Theresa Leonie
Dr. Thomas & Alice Layne
In memory of Srs. Julius
Marie & Bridget Schuster
Emmett & Amedee Marx
In memory of Mary Martello
& Sr. Mary Michelle
Mary Ann Martello
In memory of Maryville Sisters
Chris Melone
In memory of Kathleen
McKinnon
Therese Albee & family
Stephen & Margaret Kluck
Gary & Colleen McKinley
Dorothy Miller
In memory of
Sr. Claudia McMillan
Johnny & Barbara Cox
Marilyn J. Ward
In memory of Helen Meier
Colleen Seed, PA
In memory of Jean &
Kenneth Merryweather
George & Sarah Jean Cooper
In memory of Margaret Moberly
Clell Moberly
In memory of Sr. Julian Moran
Gerald Moran
Tim & Hye Moran
In memory of Sr. Julian Moran
& the Maryville Sisters
David W. Nocchi
In memory of Joe Murphy,
Sr. Francis Ignatius,
Sr. Evelyn Bergamini
Mary T. Murphy
In memory of Sister
Flavia Nadon
Robert & Betty Jean Collins
In memory of Barbara Nevers
John R. Nevers, Jr.
In memory of Kevin Newkirk
Janice McLaughlin
In memory of Mary Nunes
Carl & Barbara Nunes
In memory of Dale
& Kay Padovan
Jack Myers &
Patricia Myers, PA
In memory of Jackie Pancake
William Pancake
In memory of departed
family members
Mildred Pedersen
In memory of Helen Peplinski
James & Elaine Peplinski
In memory of Jose Perez
Judith Lynn-Perez
In memory of Laurel
Phetteplace
Paul & Judy Jaremko
In memory of Sr.
Ethel Richardson
James & Alouez Linehan
In memory of Sr. Marie Riley
Erin Herron
In memory of Frank Ryan
Cecelia Ryan
In memory of Hildegarde
& Joe Schamber
Joseph & Elizabeth Schamber
In memory of Alma &
Ralph Showalter
Janet Mansberry
In memory of Sisters of Maryville
Edmund & Ellen Cummings
Raymond & Ann Battersby
In memory of Greg Smith
Ltc. Norman &
Dr. Mary Jo Carr
In memory of Albert Stallé
Elizabeth Seibert
In memory of Albert &
Margaret Steele
Delbert Steele
Roger Steele &
Janet Steele, PA
In memory of Kathleen Stein
Alfred Stein
In memory of Edna Steman
Eileen Norris, PA
In memory of Jim Stoll
Rita Stoll
In memory of Dr. Theodore Teske
Anthony Teske
In memory of J. B. Twohy
Eleanor Morgan
In memory of Aurora
Paquet Vanairsdale
Joyce Bennett
In memory of Joe Wilson
Paul & Mary Lou Wilson
In memory of Ronnie Withey
Lloyd Withey
IN HONOR 2007:
We are grateful for thoughtful
donations received through the
Development Office in honor
of friends or loved ones.
In honor of all the
Sisters of Providence
Cheryl Friberg
In honor of Sr. Mary
Clare Boland
Ellen & Phil Collins
Joan Knebel
John H. Ryan, OCP
In honor of Sr. Margaret Botch
Marie Raschko-Sokol, PA
In honor of Labor of Love
Ministry – St. Dominicʼs Church
Henrietta Manipis, PA
In honor of Sr. Kitsy Rutan
Vern & Joanne Waldenberg
In honor of Sr. Annette Seubert
Marilee Schiff & Karl
Schweinfurth
In honor of Sr. Fran Stacey
Scott Manning, PA
In honor of Sr. Charlotte
Van Dyke
Kathryn Church
In honor of Sr. Patricia Vartanian
Sisters of St. Benedict
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Seattle and Everett
Two sisters retire
from longtime
hospital ministries
Offering a blessing, Sr. Mary
Clare tells those gathered:
“I bless you with the God of
Providence. Go forward;
it’s your job.”
Sister Mary Clare
Boland says “farewell”
to Swedish,
but not goodbye
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Sr. Mary Clare’s
retirement gift
was a window
from her beloved
chapel that was
torn down in the
old building.
reception was held in Seattle
on December 13 at the Swedish Medical
Center-Cherry Hill campus to wish Sister
Mary Clare Boland well
as she retired from
pastoral care ministry.
For 17 years she was
a familiar presence at
the former Providence
Seattle Medical Center.
Typically, Sister Mary
Clare rose each work day
at 4 a.m., beginning her
rounds at the medical
center at 6 a.m. Though
she planned to leave by
3:30 p.m., she often found
herself visiting patients,
offering comfort, solace,
prayer and companionship, well into the evening.
“Chaplaincy work is not easy,” she has said,
but she has found it deeply satisfying.
Provincial Superior/
Leadership Team
Coordinator
Margaret Botch
offers thanks and
congratulations
to Sr. Mary Clare
Boland for her years
of faithful service.
“It is one of the greatest blessings to
be with people, touching that spiritual
place for strength and support in their
healing, their recovery, their dying. To
be at their side, with their families,
or to serve as family to those who are
alone – this is an incredible privilege.”
She especially treasures the interventions she used in her years of spiritual
care. “I bless generously: the newborn
with a new name and a wondrous life.
Then there are the hugs and blessings
for those in Behavioral Health. In
Oncology and Palliative Care, we have
sorrow hugs, prayer and presence as we
journey together. The Rehabilitation
unit is a marvel. Most often these
hugs and prayers and blessings for
old and young alike are thanksgivings for healings and sure discharge.
“Staff, patients and families minister
to me. They share the WORD, their
faith stories and their coming to the
Lord with new grace and a new look.”
Clearly, Sister Mary Clare has
loved her time at the medical center,
and she’s not gone yet. While her
official duties have ended, she intends
to continue to be a regular presence
there as a volunteer. She continues to
reside at St. Joseph Residence, where
she once served as superior. ●
Sister Dorothy
Klingele ends decades
of service in Everett
S
ister Dorothy Klingele was
recognized for her many years of service
to Providence Everett Medical Center on
January 29 in receptions on the Pacific
and Colby campuses. This octogenarian has been serving in health care since
1953, most recently as sister representative with offices at both campuses.
Before entering the religious community
in 1951, Sister Dorothy had worked as a
medical technologist in Yakima for several
years, having earned two related bachelor’s
degrees at Seattle College/University. She
first came to Providence Hospital in Everett
as a lab supervisor. Returning to college in
Sr. Dorothy Klingele was
recognized for her many years of
service at an Amazing Services
luncheon for employees. COO
Preston Simmons applauds.
Sr. Dorothy unveils the plaque for the
new Sister Dorothy Klingele Conference
Room in Human Resources.
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Janet West, manager
of telecommunications
(left), and Julie Amdal,
switchboard operator,
say goodbye to Sr.
Dorothy at a reception.
the 1960s, she earned a master’s degree in
biochemistry and a doctorate in developmental biology, both from the University
of Notre Dame. She also did postdoctoral research at Children’s Hospital in
Philadelphia, worked in medical genetics
at University of Oregon Health Sciences
Center and was a professor of biological
sciences at Fort Wright College in Spokane.
She has seen many changes in her years
in Everett. She remembers when Sisters
of Providence lived in a convent on one of
the floors at the hospital, and she was at
the facility when it merged with Everett
General Hospital in 1994. Today, the
medical center has a Pavilion for Women
and Children and a new Providence Cancer
Center. Cheri Russum, hospital spokes-
woman, says of Sister Dorothy,
“She is an icon here, and will be
deeply missed.” Sister Dorothy has
been a champion for the medical
center’s midwife program, the community
health clinic and the children’s center.
“Sister Dorothy was our spiritual leader
and a remarkable presence at Providence
Everett for nearly 60 years,” says CEO Dave
Brooks. “One of the things Sister Dorothy
has done, along with other Sisters of
Providence, is to recognize that lay leaders
are going to help run the ministry.” An
intensive, three-year Ministry Leadership
Formation program will help to ensure that
future leaders carry on the sisters’ mission.
Sister Dorothy now lives at St. Joseph
Residence, Seattle. ●
Sr. Dorothy unveils
the plaque for the
new Sister Dorothy
Klingele Conference
Room in Human
Resources.
Briefs
Historical exhibit
in Missoula
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or the past year, students at
Loyola Sacred Heart High School in
Missoula have been working with the
Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
on a collaborative project. Patrice
Schwenk, school librarian, says
the project has involved research
on the Sisters of Providence, the
schools’ early founders, and the
cultural contributions the Sisters
made to the Missoula community.
The outcome is a research narrative,
a permanent, four-panel photo
display, and creation of a replica
of the traditional habit worn
by the Sisters of Providence.
The permanent exhibit will be
unveiled at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 4,
following a noon Mass celebrating the Sisters of Providence and
their contributions. In addition
to a temporary exhibit of related
memorabilia and student art projects,
there will be a tour of the schools
and a reception at the museum. For
additional information, contact
Patrice at (406)549-6101. ●
Knitting team
raises funds
S
even pairs of loving hands knit
this piece as a fundraiser for Providence
Mount St. Vincent, Seattle, as a thank you
for the help it provides to residents. The
$2,000 raised was shared by the foundations of Providence Mount St. Vincent
and of Providence Marianwood. Pictured
are (from left) Jean Kimsey, volunteer;
Rocky Rakovec, laundry; Sue Carstens,
5 Center, who thought up and organized
the project; Sue Matlock, family member
and volunteer; Dot Prentice, administration; Katie Bonn, Harborview; and
Sr. Madeline Monica Fortier, a resident
of St. Joseph Residence next door. ●
SOA watchers
keep vigil
Another
welldeserved
kudo
P
rovidence
Associate Deacon
Emile Adams, Jr., was
among the honorees
at a gala dinner and
dance in Los Angeles
in November for recipients of the second
annual Bishop Carl Anthony Fisher
2007 Awards. The awards, given by
the Coordinating Councils and Courts,
Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver,
honor leadership and service to the Los
Angeles Archdiocese African American
Catholic community.
Each award, given
in November
as part of Black
Catholic History
Month, is named
after an African
American who is
an early pioneer in
the Archdiocese.
Deacon Adams
received the Deacon
John Gaudin Award.
Congratulations,
Deacon Adams! ●
New councilman
This group, including
D
eacon Jim Barrow,
PA, has been elected to the
Walla Walla City Council. He
continues to be a county administrator in Pendleton, Ore., and
serves as a deacon at St. Patrick
and St. Francis parishes.
He has been a Providence
Associate since April 2007.
Congratulations, Jim! ●
members of the Sisters
of Providence Peace
Community, went to
Columbus, GA, November
17-18 for the 2007
School of the Americas
Watch. A blessing service
was held at St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church, Seattle,
on November 12.
Crosses at the blessing
service bore the name and age
of a person killed by a graduate
of the School of the Americas.
Those raising their crosses and
responding to the reading of
names with “Presente” included
(front left) Kay Van Stralen and
(right) Sr. Helen Brennan. ●
Spokane staff retreat
T
he Provincial Administration staff in Spokane initiated a little
something different in their annual staff retreat this year. Spokane staff
and Leadership Team members toured the ministries of Transitions,
an intercommunity project co-sponsored by four communities of
women religious. The ministries include EduCare, specialized lowcost childcare for infant to school-aged children; Miryam’s House,
temporary housing with a homelike environment for women recovering from lives in crisis; Transitional Living Center (TLC), transitional
housing and support services for homeless women and children; and
Women’s Hearth, a safe, welcoming day center for women. ●
Partners in Hope
S
upporters of St. Joseph Family
Center gathered at The Davenport Hotel
in Spokane in November for the sixth
annual Partners in Hope luncheon.
Academy Award winning actress and
mental healthcare advocate Patty Duke
was the keynote speaker. Sr. Elaine
Thaden, OSF, the center’s executive
director (left), presented a gift of art to
the Sisters of Providence, event sponsors.
It was accepted by two Leadership Team
members, Sr. Annette Seubert (center)
and Karen Lauby. Sr. Elizabeth Gress is
seated at the table in the foreground. ●
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Judging from the warm
smiles all around, like the
one on the face of Karen
Lauby, provincial secretary,
the day was a hit.
Sister Fran Stacey works
with Healing the Children to
help locate medical centers
and doctors in Spokane and
Portland to save the lives
of ailing children. ●
Healing Ministry
K
atherine Abarca, a 4-year-old
with multiple congenital heart defects,
returned to her home in San Marcos
Lempa, El Salvador, in January after
open heart surgery through Healing
the Children. Here she is embraced by a
member of her host family in the United
States, Edie Bourque of Tualatin, Ore.
Gift baskets were prepared by the
Provincial Administration staff
and Leadership Team members for
residents of Miryam’s House.
They ended their day with fellowship
and fun at a festive lunch.
Moving the
moving date
T
he date for the administrative offices of the Sisters of
Providence to move to Renton,
Wash., has been moved to
November 2008. Provincial
Administration will share a
building complex and services
with the System Office for
Providence Health & Services
at 1801 Lind Avenue SW. ●