Sister Helen Clare Howatt, SNJM

February 22, 2018
 
Holy Names Sister Helen Clare Howatt (Barbara Helen Howatt) died Jan. 10. She was 90 years old and a professed Sister of the Holy Names for 70 years. Sister was a native of San Francisco and attended St. Cecilia School and Presentation High School. Following graduation, she was the first to enter the Holy Names order from her parish.
 
Her teaching years included assignments to both St. Monica and St. Cecilia and schools in Oakland and Los Angeles. Her second career took her to Holy Names University in Oakland where she was the library director for 17 years.
 
“Students from her elementary days remember her choral and music classes while HNU students remember her for providing coins necessary for the copy machine,” the sisters said in a statement. “Senior citizens delighted in her sewing and knitting classes in her retirement years.”
 
A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 21 at Holy Spirit Chapel in Campbell. Remembrances may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Names, P.O. Box 907, Los Gatos 95031.