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Sister Adelaide Curtis

Sister Adelaide Curtis, age 101, died at Seton Residence on Wednesday, June 10. She was one

of four children born to George and Camille (Mestayer) Curtis on March 9, 1908. Sister Adelaide entered the Daughters of Charity in St. Louis, Mo., on October 26, 1924.

The majority of Sister's ministry was spent serving as a teacher and housemother. Her first mission as a teacher was at Holy Trinity School in Dallas, Texas, from 1925 until 1936, when she began teaching at St. Vincent School in Perryville, Mo. In 1943, Sister Adelaide went to St. Rose's Home in Milwaukee, Wis., where she was a housemother and teacher. During this time, she earned a bachelor's degree in ...

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