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Sr Mary Leona Jupe
31 Jan 1910 – 28 Jan 2002
| Birth | 31 Jan 1910 |
| Death | 28 Jan 2002 |
| Cemetery | Sisters of Divine Providence Cemetery San Antonio , Bexar County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | LKat on 11 Jan 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83302013 |
Bio
Information provided by A Walston in an email dated October 23, 2012. Sister Mary Leona Jupe was born on January 31, 1910, in Tours, McLennan Co., Texas. She was the youngest daughter and last child of 16 children born to John Anton and Maria (Rauschhuber) Jupe. She was baptized as Josepha Hedwig Jupe on February 2, 1910, at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Tours. Her godparents were Mary and Jake Zotz. Mary was her oldest sister. On June 8, 1925, Josepha enrolled in Our Lady of the Lake Preparatory School for young ladies who wished to enter the Religious Congregation of the sisters of Divine Providence. On June 21, 1927, she entered the novitiate, receiving the name of sister Mary Leona. She made her first profession of vows on June 22, 1928. Sister Leona received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Our Lady of the Lake University. Besides the courses that would lead to a degree, she also took many courses that enriched her life and also enhanced her education and teaching abilities. The congregation is primarily a teaching order of Sisters. Sister Mary Leona was missioned by the Concregation to schools in four different states during her Apostolate: Texas, Louisiana, California and Oklahoma. In 1985, Sister Leona retired from active ministry. She died on January 28, 2002 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas, burial at Sisters of Divine Providence Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas.
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- Mary Theresa Jupe Zotz 1886–1918
- Elizabeth Mary Jupe Hennig 1888–1978
- Annie Jupe Schroeder 1889–1933
- Alois Louis Jupe 1891–1978
- Otto Anthony Jupe 1892–1966
- Theresa Jupe 1894–1894
- Agnes Theresa Jupe Schroeder 1895–1976
- John George Jupe 1896–1973
- Emma Jupe Sperling 1898–1945
- Edward Frank Jupe 1900–1975
- Fred Ernest Jupe 1902–1966
- Frank Herman Jupe 1904–1977
- Emalie Gertrude Jupe Goodman 1905–1994
- Bertha Jupe 1908–1993
- Benedict Jupe 1908–1908
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