Sister Marianne Exner
Lieu de décès : Antigonish, Canada
Date de décès : 28 novembre 2013
Sister Marianne, formerly Sister Loretta Maria, 98, a Sister of St. Martha of Antigonish, died at Bethany, motherhouse on Thursday, November 28, 2013. She was in the 74th year of religious life.
Maria Anna, the oldest of ten children of the late Isidor and Teresa (Ruher) Exner, was born in Killaly, SK.
Sister Marianne entered the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Martha November 1938, and made her perpetual commitment August 1945.
Sister first ministered for eleven years in household services at Bethany, and St. Martha’s Convent, Antigonish; in Cape Breton, at Little Flower Institute, Bras d’Or, and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Glace Bay. Following this period, she spent forty-one years in Western Canada. There she served in the same ministries in CSM hospital institutions in Lethbridge, and Banff, AB; Regina and Melville, SK. While missioned in Calgary, AB, Sister volunteered in an outreach program. After retirement in 1985, she continued volunteering her services as homemaker or dietary assistant in Martha commuities in the west and east.
Sister Marianne is survived by one brother, James. Besides her parents she was predeceased by two sisters, Elizabeth and Johanna; and six brothers, Anthony, Arnold, Francis Joseph, Frank, John and William.
The remains will be resting at Bethany, beginning Sunday, December 1st at 1:15 p.m. A Celebration of Vigil will be held on the same evening at 7:30. Liturgy of Christian Burial will
take place on Monday, December 2nd at 2:00 p.m. in Bethany Chapel.
Arrangements are under the direction of MacIsaac Funeral Home, Antigonish.
