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Sr Caroline Wolf

30 Jun 1895 – 11 Oct 1978

Birth30 Jun 1895
Death11 Oct 1978
CemeteryMount Olivet Cemetery
Fort Worth , Tarrant County , Texas , USA
Added byDebbie Gibbons on 21 Oct 2012
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52353742

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Sister Caroline Wolf, S.S.M.N. (June 30, 1895 - October 11, 1978) Mary Magdalena Wolf was born June 30, 1895 in Tours, Texas, daughter of Alexander and Rosalie (Wanke) Wolf. She was baptized at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Tours. Upon completion of her elementary education in Tours, Mary got a job at Sacred Heart Academy in Waco, Texas, where she took charge of the laundry. She washed for the boarders as well as the Sisters. The Sisters were impressed with her dedication and asked if she was interested in becoming a nun. She entered the community of the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur, Our Lady of Victory Convent, Fort Worth, Texas, on June 2, 1925. She attended the Junior College at Our Lady of Victory in Fort Worth. She and the other young Sisters attended the classes offered there. Sister Caroline made her first vows on Feb. 2, 1928, and she made her perpetual vows on Aug. 15, 1933. Sister was in charge of the laundry building for the convent, the Academy, and the College. All the young Sisters helped her on Mondays and they learned "to do things right." They enjoyed working with her and getting the fresh air and exercise associated with hanging the clothes on the line in the sunshine. Assignments: 1924 - 1952 Our Lady of Victory Convent, Fort Worth, Texas 1952 - 1954 Academy of Mary Immaculate, Wichita Falls, Texas 1954 - 1961 Our Lady of Victory Convent, Fort Worth, Texas 1962 - 1972 Nolan High School Convent, Fort Worth, Texas 1972 - 1978 Our Lady of Victory Convent, Fort Worth, Texas Sister Carolina worked hard all of her life, managing the laundry, teaching many novices to "do that right", because she was conscious of the dignity of her contribution to the community's work. She was at the same time warm and fun-loving. She enjoyed her years of retirement, contacting friends, keeping up relationships she had developed over the years and enjoying the freedom to spend more time at prayer and relaxation. Diagnosed as having cancer many years before her death, she accepted that, as she had accepted other difficulties of life, in a spirit of trust in the Lord. She welcomed the long reprieve that treatment brought her, and continued to enjoy life itself as a gift. Sister Caroline died on October 11, 1978 at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, at the age of 83. Her passage to the Lord was marked by the same wholesome spirit that had marked the whole of her life. Sister Caroline is remembered as one who was loving and loved. She was buried on October 13, 1978 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas in Crucifixion Section I. Compiled by Andrea (Berger) Walston (#47029130) on June 21, 2017, from information provided by the Provincial Offices, Our Lady of Victory Convent, Fort Worth and the Archives of Our Lady of Victory Center, Fort Worth, Texas.

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