Sister Sohovich
Eureka, MO |
Sister Charlotte Sohovich, aka Leona Dolores Sohovich, died peacefully at St. Andrew’s at Francis Place, Eureka, Mo on August 4, 2015.
The daughter of Joseph and Anna Varga Sohovich, both natives of Czeckoslovakia, she was born September 13, 1912, in Livingston, Illinois. Of her seven siblings, one survives her: Udebelle Kacmar of Crown Point, Indiana. She was preceded in death by sisters Mary Krivi, Anna Dreyovich, Julia Kotulock and Helen Boston, and brothers Joseph and John.
She attended school in Livingston and at Ursuline College in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her Bachelor of Science degree is from Depaul University and her Master of Education degree is from St. Louis University. She entered the Ursulines in Alton, Illinois in January of l929 and made vows in July of 1931.
Her years of service as a superb elementary school teacher took her to New Orleans, Louisiana; to Alton, Springfield, Oak Park, Staunton, Wood River and Collinsville, Illinois; to Kirkwood, Bonne Terre, Arcadia, and Welston, Missouri; and to Toronto, Ohio.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Friday, August 7, 2015 at St. Ambrose Church, 820 W. Homer Adams Pkwy, Godfrey, IL 62035. Visitation will precede this Mass beginning at 10:00 am. Rev. Steve Pohlman will preside.
Memorials may be made to the Ursuline Sisters Retirement Fund, 353 S. Sappington, Kirkwood, MO, 63122.
Staten-Fine is in charge the arrangements.
Staten, Fine & Burke Funeral Home
