Ebben, Sister Janet Martha O. S. F.

1918 - 2016  (97 years)    Has 38 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ebben, Martha  [1]
  Prefix	Sister Janet
  Suffix	O. S. F.
  Born	20 Aug 1918	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Religious Vows	4 Oct 1939
  Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Springfield, IL
  Died	12 Jan 2016	Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
  Obituary	14 Jan 2016
  Green Bay Press Gazette
  Sister Janet Ebben, O.S.F. of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, died on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 8:10 a.m. at St. Francis Convent, Springfield, Illinois. Sister Janet, the former Martha Helen Ebben, was born in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, on August 20, 1918, the daughter of Henry and Mary Huven Ebben. She entered the Congregation on February 2, 1937 and professed her religious vows on October 4, 1939. Sister graduated in 1945 from St. John's Hospital School of Nursing. She served the community as a nurse at HSHS hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1956, she joined the Sisters at Alverna Home Nursing Center in Chicago, Illinois until 1962 when she transferred to HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where she was head nurse until 1977. Sister then spent the next 14 years as a Staff Nurse caring for her Sisters in Community in Loretto Home until 1991 when she became Assistant to the Coordinator of Loretto Home attending to the resident Sisters' personal needs. She retired from active duty in 2002 to become herself a resident in Loretto Home. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers: Vincent, Richard, and Henry Ebben and five sisters: Frances Deprez, Clara Raepcke, Mathilda Vanden Bosch, Margaret Heindl, and Genevieve Ebben. She is survived by a brother, Willard Ebben of Kaukauna, Wisconsin; a sister, Dorothy Waurunek of Luxemburg, Wisconsin; and several nieces and nephews, as well as her Franciscan Sisters, with whom she shared her life for more than 78 years. Visitation: A visitation will be held at St. Francis Convent on Friday, January 15, 2016 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. with a Wake Service at 6:00 p.m. The Eucharistic Celebration and Rite of Christian Burial: 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2016 in St. Clare of Assisi Adoration Chapel at St. Francis Convent with Father John Sullivan, OFM, presiding. Burial will be in Crucifixion Hill Cemetery. The Franciscan Sisters and the family of Sr. Janet Ebben, O.S.F. are being served by Kirlin-Egan & Butler Funeral Home, 900 S. 6th St., Springfield. Please visit butlerfuneralhomes.com to offer your condolences
  Buried	Crucifixion Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
  Person ID	I24693	1FamilyTree | PaulWest45278, MaryLangenhuizenClose78556
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Ebben, Henry,   b. 8 May 1887, Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1949, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Huven, Mary,   b. 2 May 1886, Freedom, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 26 Aug 1960, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F8431	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 20 Aug 1918 - Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 12 Jan 2016 - Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA Buried - - Crucifixion Hill Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth
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