Sr. Rosemary Meiman

Sister Rosemary Meiman died suddenly on July 11, 2019 in Great Falls Montana, where she was presenting a program on the Ursuline Indian Missions there, as she had done annually for several years. The daughter of Joseph Henry and Margaret Howell Meiman, she was born Mary Elizabeth on February 4, 1929 in Covington, Kentucky.  She was preceded in death by her parents and her two brothers, George and Phillip Meiman.  She is survived by her brother Joseph G. Meiman, her sisters-in-law Joan and Kay Meiman and many devoted nieces and nephews.
 
Called Betty by her family, she came to New Orleans when they moved here and stayed on as a boarding student in order to graduate from Ursuline Academy when the family moved again. Sr. Rosemary entered the Ursuline Sisters in July of 1946, making her vows in January of 1949.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree at the College of New Rochelle in New York and a Master’s Degree in Education from St. Louis University.
 
Her many gifts enabled her to serve as teacher and principal in schools in Missouri, Illinois and Minnesota.  She was principal of the Ursuline School in Frontenac, MN, when it was destroyed by a fire in 1969. She served as a member of the leadership team of the Ursuline Sisters of the Central Province and was province archivist for seventeen years.  On her retirement from this last position, Sr. Rosemary came to New Orleans where she worked with the Ursuline archives and assisted in giving tours of the Ursuline Sisters’ museum on the campus of Ursuline Academy.
 
Her Funeral Mass will be at the National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, 2701 State Street, New Orleans, LA on Saturday, July 20th, 2019 at 2:00 PM with  a visitation beginning at 1:00 PM. Burial will be in the Ursuline Sisters’ Mausoleum on the campus of Ursuline Academy.  A reception will follow the burial at the Sisters’ State Street residence.
 
Memorials may be given to The Ursuline Sisters Retirement Fund, 353 S. Sappington Road, St. Louis, MO 63122; the National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, 2734 Nashville Ave., New Orleans, LA 70115; or to Ursuline Academy, 2635 State St., New Orleans, LA  70118. Services entrusted to JACOB SCHOEN & SON. To view the guestbook, please go to www.schoenfh.com.

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