LEMBERGER, Sister M. Bartholomew

1873 - 1948  (75 years)

• Name	LEMBERGER, M. Bartholomew
  Prefix	Sister
  Birth	1873
  Gender	Female
  Death	1948  [1]
  	SR. M. BARTHOLOMEW LEMBERGER Sister Mary Bartholomew, 75, of the St. Francis order, who had spent the past 40 years of her sisterhood at the St. Joseph hospital and home for the aged in West Point, Neb., died there Friday afternoon following an illness of four weeks. The body will be brought to the Holy Family convent at Silver Lake where burial will take place. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of the body and will be announced later. Born Theresa Lemberger in the town of Cato in 1873, Sister Bartholomew was a daughter of the late Wolfgang and Theresa Lemberger. She entered the Holy Family convent at Silver Lake in 1896 and in 1908 went to the St. Francis order’s hospital and home in Nebraska. She had remained there ever since. Sister Mary Bartholomew would have celebrated her golden jubilee in the sisterhood in July of this year. Surviving are three sisters, two of them also nuns, Sister Mary Elizabeth of the St. John Catholic school at Seymour, Sister Mary Christina of the Holy Family convent at Silver Lake, and Mrs. Joseph Buchner, Sr., of this city, and two brothers, Anton and Joseph Lemberger, both of Whitelaw. Manitowoc Herald Times, April 10, 1948 P. 2 ******** Funeral services for Sister Mary Bartholomew, 75, of the St. Francis order, who died Friday at West Point, Nebr., will be held at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Silver Lake convent, with burial in the convent cemetery. The body will arrive here Tuesday afternoon and will be moved to the convent to lie in state until the hour of services. Sister Bartholomew, the former Theresa Lemberger, is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Manitowoc Herald Times, April 12, 1948 P. 2
  Person ID	I8620	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Grall Family (Mike's maternal)
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	LEMBERGER, Wolfgang,   b. 12 Sep 1848, Bavaria d. 26 Apr 1925, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	MEYER, Theresa,   b. 1 Mar 1843, Germany d. 6 Sep 1927, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F3064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S437] Findagrave, viewed online; 2 February 2025; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106926138/theresa_lemberger, Memorial ID 106926138.