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 Sr.
Clarita Elder, OP
Golden Jubilarian
50 years (July 9, 1955)
Sr. Clarita Elder is celebrating her Golden Jubilee this year as a Dominican
Sister of St. Mary of the Springs. Born in Somerset, Ohio, to William
Lawrence and Ellen Elizabeth (Daugherty) Elder, Rita graduated from Holy
Trinity Grade and High Schools. She entered the Novitiate in 1953 and
made Final Profession of vows in 1958.
Sr. Clarita attended health and management classes at Xavier University
in Cincinnati and studied computer technology at the University of Cincinnati.
She earned her LPN and certification as a health aide technician through
the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), ministered
as an aide at St. Mary of the Springs Motherhouse Infirmary, and then
served for 32 years as the Supervisor of Admitting/Medical Records for
the St. George Hospital (later, St. Francis-St. George, now Mercy Hospital).
Now a patient at Mohun Health Care Center, Sister describes herself as
“joyful, joyful, joyful.” |
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