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 Sr.
Vivian Kessler, OP
November 18, 1915 – February 17, 2006
I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I shall live.
Psalm 23
On Friday, February 17, 2006, Sr. Vivian Kessler died at Mohun Health
Care Center. She was born in Lancaster, OH, on November 18, 1915, to Thomas
and Sarah (Snider) Kessler. Sister entered the Novitiate of the Dominican
Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs in Columbus in 1936 and made her Profession
of Vows in 1938.
Sr. Vivian received a B.A. from St. Mary of the Springs College (now Ohio
Dominican University); an M.A. in Theology from Providence College, Providence,
RI; and an M.A. in Guidance/Counseling from the University of Dayton.
Sister taught at St. Anthony, Steubenville, OH (1938-1939); St. Brendan,
Braddock, PA (1939); St. Aloysius, Wilmerding, PA (1939-46);Catholic Central
High School, Steubenville, OH (1946-53); St. Thomas School, Braddock,
PA (1953-58); St. Bernard Parish, Levittown, NY (1958-59); St. Lawrence
O’Toole, Pittsburgh, PA (1959-61); De Sales High School, Columbus,
OH (1961-62); St. Thomas District High School, Braddock, PA (1962-65);
St. Mary High School, New Haven, CT (1965-75); St. Vincent Ferrer High
School, New York City (1975-78); and Newark Catholic High School (1978-79).
She served the Congregation as Activities Director at Mohun Health Care
Center from 1979-1988 and coordinated the volunteers during that period.
Sister was preceded in death by brothers Marcellus, William and Thomas.
She is survived by five sisters, Dominican Sisters Venard and Mary Carol
of Columbus, Elizabeth Franklin of Wisconsin, and Ruth Kessler and Agnes
Cramer of Lancaster. Sr. Vivian ministered at the St. Francis-St. George
Hospital in Cincinnati from 1988 until 1998 (now part of Mercy Health
Systems) as an information clerk and in the volunteer office. She ministered
to the elderly at Nazareth Towers in Columbus, OH, from 1998 until 1999
before retiring to the Motherhouse. She became a resident of Mohun Health
Care Center in 2005.
Memorial gifts in Sister Sr. Vivian's honor may
be sent to Dominican Sisters, St. Mary of the Springs, 2320 Airport Drive,
Columbus, OH 43219.
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