KWITOWSKI SISTER MARY ANNE Formerly Louise Josephine Kwitowski, died peacefully on January 8, 2018, age 98, at Marian Manor in the 79th year of Consecrated Life. Sister Anne entered Sisters of the Holy Spirit from Holy Cross Parish in Glassport. She earned a Bachelor in Arts from Duquesne University and continued on to post graduate work at Marygrove College in Detroit. For several summers she studied Polish culture and language at Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland. Sister also held certification in various areas dealing with her work with the aged at Marian Manor. Her apostolic work included education as teacher and principal in the Pittsburgh, Greensburg and Youngstown Dioceses; Director of Adult Day Care at Marian Manor; Aide in Activities and in the Special Care Unit at Marian Manor before retiring there in 2004. Sister Anne, eldest of six, is preceded in death by her parents, Ludwika Szwilo Kwitowski and Maximilian Kwitowski and four siblings, Theresa (Sr. Columbo, a Cloistered Dominican Nun of the Perpetual Rosary), Frank, Rita Kwitkowski Watko, and Joseph. She is survived by a brother, Stanley (Mary) of Florida, nieces and nephews. Visitation on Thursday, January 11, 2018, 1-7 p.m. with a vigil service beginning 7 p.m., at the Sisters of the Holy Spirit Motherhouse, 5246 Clarwin Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15229. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Bishop William Walterscheid and several priest friends on Friday, January 12, 2018, 4:30 p.m., at the Sisters of the Holy Spirit Motherhouse, followed by interment in the Cemetery of Sisters of the Holy Spirit. Professional Services Trusted to THOMAS M. SMITH FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, LTD., (Blawnox). www.thomasmsmithfh.com Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb
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