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 Sr.
Mary Jeanette Ohler, OP
September 3, 1911 – March 13, 2007
I will dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I shall live.
Psalm 23
On Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Sr. M. Jeanette Ohler died at Mohun Health Care Center. She was born in Zanesville, OH, on September 3, 1911, to William and Margaret Grace (McElroy) Ohler. She entered the Novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs in Columbus in 1929 and made her Profession of Vows in 1931.
Sr. Jeanette earned a BA. from St. Mary of the Springs College (now Ohio Dominican University) and an MA from The Ohio State University. Her places of ministry were many and included:
- Holy Name, Columbus, OH (1929-30)
- St. Mary of the Springs Academy, Columbus, OH (1930-31)
- Holy Trinity, Somerset, OH (1931-34)
- St. Francis, McKees Rocks, PA (1934-36, 1953-54)
- St. Lawrence, Pittsburgh, PA (1936-38, 1942-43, 1954-55, 1961-62)
- St. Mary, Lancaster, OH (1938-40)
- St. Mary, Marietta, OH (1940-42)
- St. William, East Pittsburgh, PA (1943-45)
- St. Brendan, Braddock, PA (1945-47)
- St. Thomas, Braddock, PA (1947-53)
- Catholic Central, Steubenville, OH (1957-61)
- Watterson High School, Columbus, OH (1963-68, 1976-92)
- St. Francis, Newark, OH (1955-57, 1974-75)
- Newark Catholic, Newark, OH (1975-76)
- Northwest Catholic, West Hartford, CT (1962-63, 1971-74)
- Dominican Academy, New York, NY (1968-69)
- Mary Immaculate, Ossining, NY (1969-71)
She also served as assistant activity director at Mohun Health Care Center (1992-2000) and was a volunteer at the Motherhouse before retiring to Mohun Health Care Center in 2005.
Sr. Jeanette was preceded in death by a sister, Margaret Magers. She is survived by siblings Virginia Wilson, Anne Grace Wintermute, Betty Marquis, and Don Ohler and by many nieces and nephews.
Memorial gifts in Sister Sr. Mary Jeanette's honor
may be sent to Dominican Sisters, St. Mary of the Springs, 2320 Airport
Drive, Columbus, OH 43219. |
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