Sr. Louise Kwaterski

Sister Louise Kwaterski, age 85, a Sister of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis for 67 years, died June 29, 2021 at Aspirus Hospital, Wisconsin Rapids.

Sister Louise was born July 30, 1935 in Green Bay, Wisconsin to the late Leo and Louise (Netols) Kwaterski.

She attended local schools in Green Bay, Wisconsin. On August 10, 1954 Sister Louise was received into the novitiate of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis in Stevens Point. She professed her final vows on August 10, 1961.

Sister Louise was a pioneer in her Spiritual thinking and her ministries. Sister Louise earned a BA degree in Education from Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She earned a MA of Theological Studies at the Franciscan School of  Theology at Berkeley, California.

She earned a Certificate of Theological Studies for Spirituality and Worship through The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley. She successfully completed a Cancer Residency for Clergy through St. Vincent Hospital Department of Pastoral Care and Educational Services, Green Bay, Wisconsin.  She Completed a program of studies in Liturgical Ministry from the Liturgical Institute of the Office for Divine Worship of the Archdiocese of Chicago under the auspices of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute at S. Anselma, Rome.

Ministries included Parish schools and High Schools as teacher and principal in Wisconsin from 1954 through 1975. In 1975 she shifted to Congregational leadership, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. After earning her Masters in Theology, she focused on the following ministries: Retreat Director, Liturgy Coordinator, Pastoral Minister and Pastoral Associate, all in the Green Bay Diocese. Retiring in 2017 where she continued to Minister to the Elderly at Wellington Place, Wisconsin Rapids.

Sister Louise is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Mitchell and Carol(Simon) Kwaterski. Brother-in-law, Herman Van Beckum and sister-in-law, Nancy Kwaterski. Many, many nieces and nephews and the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Leo and Louise Kwaterski, siblings and in-laws: Agnes and Meredith Nielsen, Beatrice Kwaterski, Celestine and Paul Bickel, Dominic and Patricia (Maloney) Kwaterski, Edmund and Garnet (Schott) Kwaterski, Felicia Van Beckum, Genevieve and Raymond Hoepfner, Helen and Cletus Pierquet, Isidore and Carol (Piewe) Kwaterski, John Kwaterski, Kathleen and Richard Hujet.

A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11:30 AM on Wednesday July 7, 2021 at Holy Spirit Parish at 2151 Stanley Street in Stevens Point. Rev. David Beaudry will Officiate.  Burial will take place in the St. Joseph Convent cemetery.  Visitation for family and friends will be from 9:30 AM until the time of Mass at Holy Spirit Parish on Wednesday morning.  Pisarski Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family.

For online condolences please visit www.pisarskifuneralhome.com

Here is the link to view the Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Louise, on the Holy Spirit YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4RELe4GV3OqaEZ751O3Qlg