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February 8, 2018
Religious of the Sacred Heart Sister Lorraine Alice Lawrence died Jan. 24 at her congregation’s Oakwood in Atherton. Sister Lorraine celebrated her 100th birthday with special attention Dec. 27 at Oakwood. She would have celebrated her 80th year as a religious Sept. 8.
Born in Illinois, Sister Lorraine held a doctorate in chemistry from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. earning the degree in 1950. Sister Lorraine served at her congregation’s San Francisco College for Women from 1956 until its closing more than 20 years later. Subsequently she served the congregation in administrative roles in San Francisco and later in Menlo Park.
“Lorraine’s 100th birthday on Dec. 27 was observed with a wonderful celebration at Oakwood,” the sisters said in a statement. “After the first of the year, she started to decline. Lorraine requested that her door remain open so that she could be connected to the rest of the community. She quietly slipped away in the early morning hours of Jan. 24.”
A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 3 in the Oakwood Chapel with burial in the Oakwood Cemetery.
Remembrances may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108.