1917
Mother
2009
Mother Agnes Dwight
November 24, 1917 — June 14, 2009
SIOUX CITY -- Mother Agnes of Divine Love, OCD, 91, of Sioux City died Sunday, June 14, 2009, at the Carmelite Monastery.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Carmelite Monastery Chapel in Sioux City, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove, the Rev. Bonaventure Sauer, OCD, and the Rev. Brian Hughes officiating. Burial will be in the Carmelite Monastery Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 to 9 p.m. today, with a rosary at 3:45 p.m. by the Carmel Board and the Secular Orders of Carmel, vespers will be prayer at 4 p.m., Office of Readings of the Dead at 7:30 p.m. and a night prayer at 8:30 p.m., all at the Carmelite Monastery. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent online to www.christysmith.com .
Mother Agnes, the former Anna Mae Dwight, was born in Des Moines on Nov. 24, 1917, the daughter of John and Mary (Connolly) Dwight. She entered the Carmelite Monastery in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 1935.
In 1962, she and four other Carmelite nuns established a new monastery in Sioux City at the invitation of Bishop Joseph Mueller and through the assistance of her sister and brother-in-law, Dr. George and Carol Spellman. She lived the life of a Carmelite for 73 years. For much of the 47-year history of the Carmel in Sioux City, she served as the prioress of the community. She also was responsible for overseeing the three major building additions.
She is survived by a brother and his wife, John and Pat Dwight; four sisters, Carol Spellman, Mary and her husband, B.J. Nelson, Kathryn Buser and Regina Evans; a sister-in-law, Helen Dwight; a brother-in-law, Vince Hanrahan; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Richard (Marguerite) and Joseph; a sister, Joan Hanrahan; and three brothers-in-law, Dr. George Spellman, Bill Buser and Max Evans.
She was a wonderful aunt and friend to so many.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Carmelite Monastery Chapel in Sioux City, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove, the Rev. Bonaventure Sauer, OCD, and the Rev. Brian Hughes officiating. Burial will be in the Carmelite Monastery Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 to 9 p.m. today, with a rosary at 3:45 p.m. by the Carmel Board and the Secular Orders of Carmel, vespers will be prayer at 4 p.m., Office of Readings of the Dead at 7:30 p.m. and a night prayer at 8:30 p.m., all at the Carmelite Monastery. Arrangements are under the direction of Morningside Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent online to www.christysmith.com .
Mother Agnes, the former Anna Mae Dwight, was born in Des Moines on Nov. 24, 1917, the daughter of John and Mary (Connolly) Dwight. She entered the Carmelite Monastery in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Aug. 4, 1935.
In 1962, she and four other Carmelite nuns established a new monastery in Sioux City at the invitation of Bishop Joseph Mueller and through the assistance of her sister and brother-in-law, Dr. George and Carol Spellman. She lived the life of a Carmelite for 73 years. For much of the 47-year history of the Carmel in Sioux City, she served as the prioress of the community. She also was responsible for overseeing the three major building additions.
She is survived by a brother and his wife, John and Pat Dwight; four sisters, Carol Spellman, Mary and her husband, B.J. Nelson, Kathryn Buser and Regina Evans; a sister-in-law, Helen Dwight; a brother-in-law, Vince Hanrahan; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Richard (Marguerite) and Joseph; a sister, Joan Hanrahan; and three brothers-in-law, Dr. George Spellman, Bill Buser and Max Evans.
She was a wonderful aunt and friend to so many.
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