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Sr Inez (Genevieve) Welchert

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Birth	:	20 Jan 1922 Fordyce, Cedar County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	19 Mar 2002 Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Benedictine Convent Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8734900, -97.4135900
Description	:	Sister Inez Welchert, 80, of Yankton, died Tuesday (March 19, 2002) at the Sacred Heart Monastery Care Center after a short illness with cancer. A Vespers Wake Service is scheduled for Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated on Saturday, March 23, at a time to be announced. Both are in the Bishop Marty Chapel. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Kostel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Genevieve Welchert was born January 20, 1922, the daughter of the late John and Bertha (Haas) Welchert of Fordyce, Neb. Her first four years... Read More	Sister Inez Welchert, 80, of Yankton, died Tuesday (March 19, 2002) at the Sacred Heart Monastery Care Center after a short illness with cancer. A Vespers Wake Service is scheduled for Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. The Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated on Saturday, March 23, at a time to be announced. Both are in the Bishop Marty Chapel. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Kostel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Genevieve Welchert was born January 20, 1922, the daughter of the late John and Bertha (Haas) Welchert of Fordyce, Neb. Her first four years of elementary education were at St. John Baptist school in Fordyce. When her family moved to Yankton, she attended Sacred Heart School, Mount Marty Academy and Mount Marty Junior College. Genevieve entered Sacred Heart Monastery following high school graduation in 1939, and made monastic profession as Sister Inez on June 24, 1941. In 1943, she earned a bachelor of science degree in home economics at Marymount College, Salina, Kan., and in 1944 completed a dietetics internship at St. Louis University Group of Hospitals. For a number of years she attended workshops in teaching, supervision, administration and management in the area of dietetics. Sister Inez's entire ministry has been in dietetics, 50 years of which were at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. That ministry also included 19 years of teaching at Mount Marty High School, Mount Marty College and Sacred Heart Hospital's diploma program in nursing. She organized the first diabetic education program at the hospital in 1973. For most of that half-century she was the Director of Food Service at Sacred Heart, and at times supervised three kitchens there. She also served as dietary consultant for St. Michael's Hospital and Good Samaritan Home, Tyndall; the Human Services Center, and the monastery in Yankton. Sister Inez retired from full-time administrative work at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital on September 30, 1995, continuing as a volunteer and consultant. Her 50 years of ministry at the hospital were noted in a special "Celebrating Sister Inez" afternoon in January 1996. She retired to the monastery in 1997. At the time of her diamond jubilee of profession, celebrated August 3, 2001, she wrote "These 60 years seem to have flown by. I will always cherish being a member of this community, and hope in some way to have helped others with whom I have worked, prayed and played." Sister Inez is remembered as a model Benedictine woman, cheerful and extremely generous. She seemingly found no task a burden. Hospital friends recall the many dinners and brunches she could produce without fuss or fanfare. Humble and unassuming, she was especially attentive to the poor and anyone in need. Her hobbies included reading, crafts work, music and travel. Sister Inez is survived by her community of Benedictine Sisters; one brother, Herbert (Jean) Welchert, Whiting, N.J.; one sister, Verena (Earl) Morman, Yankton; several nieces and nephews, and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents.

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Sr Inez (Genevieve) Welchert's memorial is located at: Benedictine Convent Cemetery, Yankton, Yankton County, USA.
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Sr Inez (Genevieve) Welchert death on 19 Mar 2002 in Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 42.8734900
Longitude: -97.4135900

Family Members:

Parent

John Henry Welchert

(1892 - 1951)

Maria Bertha Elisabeth Haas Welchert

(1896 - 1972)

Siblings

Verena Theresa Welchert Morman

(1925 - 2007)

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