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Sr Helen Leona “Ruth” Kribell

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Birth	:	21 May 1911 South Dakota, USA
Death	:	21 Apr 1998 Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.9007988, -97.3927994
Description	:	Sister Ruth (Helen Leona) Kribell, 86, of Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at the monastery. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bishop Marty Chapel. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Monastery Cemetery. There will be a vesper wake service at 7:30 p.m. today at the chapel. Kostel Funeral Home of Yankton is in charge of the arrangements. Sister Ruth was born May 21, 1911, near Beresford, S.D., the daughter of Thomas and Helen (McIlvenna) Kribell. She graduated from Brule Valley Rural School and Mount Marty High School. She entered... Read More	Sister Ruth (Helen Leona) Kribell, 86, of Sacred Heart Monastery in Yankton, died Tuesday, April 21, 1998, at the monastery. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Bishop Marty Chapel. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Monastery Cemetery. There will be a vesper wake service at 7:30 p.m. today at the chapel. Kostel Funeral Home of Yankton is in charge of the arrangements. Sister Ruth was born May 21, 1911, near Beresford, S.D., the daughter of Thomas and Helen (McIlvenna) Kribell. She graduated from Brule Valley Rural School and Mount Marty High School. She entered Sacred Heart Monastery in 1930 and made profession as Sister Ruth in 1933. In 1950, she completed a bachlor's degree in chemistry at Marymount College in Saline, Kan. and later earned a master's degree in chemistry at Marquette University. With grants from the National Science Foundation, she did post-graduate summer studies in Seattle, Wash. and Berkley, Calif. She taught elementary parochial school in Glen Ullin, N.D. and Kranzberg, S.D. She taught chemistry at Cedar Catholic in Hartington, Neb., St. Joseph's in York, Neb. Pius X in Lincoln, Neb. and at O'Gorman in Sioux Falls, S.D. She was also a chemistry instructor and department head at Mount Marty College for 10 years. She taught summer sessions in Mount Angel, Ore. and Crookston, Minn. Following her teaching career, she assisted in the monastery business office for five years and for the last 23 years she was an aide and clerk in the pharmacy department of Sacred Heart Hospital. She was an active board member of the March of Dimes and was involved with the American Heart Association, receiving its state award for activities in Yankton County. Survivors include her Benedictine sisters; two sisters, Florence and Sister Blanche, both of Yankton; a brother, Joseph of Sturgis, S.D.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother and four sisters. Memorials may be directed to the Benedictine Health Foundation or the Sister Blanche Kribell Scholarship at Mount Marty College.

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Sr Helen Leona “Ruth” Kribell's memorial is located at: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, USA.
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Sr Helen Leona “Ruth” Kribell death on 21 Apr 1998 in Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 42.9007988
Longitude: -97.3927994

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Sr Ruth (Helen Leona) Kribell

(1911 - 1998)

Thomas Kribell

(1916 - 1997)

Sr Blanche (Margaret Agnes) Kribell

(1920 - 2004)

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