Nelessen, Sister Kathleen Catherine C.S.A.

Other Events:

• Education - High School: 1960, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Religious Vows: 10 Sep 1964, Congregation Of Sisters of St. Agnes Motherhouse, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA; Congregation of Sisters of Saint Agnes
• Obituary: 8 Apr 2012; Appleton Post Crescent

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Other Info or Events:
From; http://www.csasisters.org/jubilarians_2007.cfm
Name of Jubilarian: Sister Kathleen Nelessen
Name of Birthplace/Hometown: Appleton, Wisconsin
Year of Profession: 1967
Education, schools attended, and degrees received:
St. Agnes School of Nursing, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin - 1964
Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin - BS Nursing
Overview of positions held, locations, and dates where Sister Kathleen has ministered:
From 1967 to 1994, Sister Kathleen served in nursing at hospitals in Wisconsin, and Kansas.
From 1994 to 2002, she was a Regional Coordinator for the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes.
Since 2005, she has been involved with Sister Study Breast Cancer Research, in addition to serving at St. Frances Home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, since 2006 to the present.
Thoughts on Religious Life:
"For me, Jubilee is evidence of God's unending faithfulness which is a total gift every day, in combination with my fidelity in response to this call. God's super abundant love is to be shared in ministry with God's people. The people I have ministered with have always encouraged me with their willingness to serve others. The special opportunities to be supported in community for working toward efforts for peace, for justice for all, and care of the Earth, have given areas of focus for my life. Gratitude is truly the constant for all these gifts, including loving support in times of serious illness and family tragedy."

Education - High School:
Kimberly High School Class of 1960

Religious Vows:
Sister Kathy entered the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on September 10, 1964 and made Profession of vows on August 15, 1967. She graduated from St Agnes School of Nursing in December 1968 and ministered as a nurse for the next twenty-two years at various locations including: St. Agnes Hospital, St. Clare Hospital in Monroe, St John Rest Home in Victoria Kansas, St Anthony Hospital, Hospice of the Plains and at St. John Rest Home in Hays Kansas, and the Chippewa Health Center in Lac du Flambeau, WI.

Obituary:
Sister Kathleen Catherine Nelessen, CSA died peacefully at Nazareth Court and Center on Friday April 6th 2012 at 3:45 PM. Sister Kathy was born at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton WI on November 29, 1941. She was the first of seven children born to Mary (Van Lanen) Nelessen and Norbert A. Nelessen.
Sister Kathy entered the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes on September 10, 1964 and made Profession of vows on August 15, 1967. She graduated from St Agnes School of Nursing in December 1968 and ministered as a nurse for the next twenty-two years at various locations including: St. Agnes Hospital, St. Clare Hospital in Monroe, St John Rest Home in Victoria Kansas, St Anthony Hospital, Hospice of the Plains and at St. John Rest Home in Hays Kansas, and the Chippewa Health Center in Lac du Flambeau, WI.
She served in leadership as a Regional Coordinator for eight years and ministered at St. Francis Home in Spiritual Care for the last five years. For twenty four and a half years, Sister Kathy struggled with cancer yet still continued to minister to those in need with joy and compassion.
She was preceded in death by her father, Norbert Nelessen, her step father Robert Kessler, and her niece Anne and husband Terry.
Sister Kathy is survived by her mother Mary, brother Cletus and wife Dianne, her sisters Donna Nelessen, Luella and husband Tom Opsteen, Sharon and husband Chuck Mikkelsen, Cindy and husband Paul Sanders, Carla and husband Paul German and numerous nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews. Also surviving are her Aunt, Sister Anne Jude Van Lanen CSA, and the Sisters of St. Agnes, with whom she lived, prayed and ministered.
Visitation will be from 2:30 pm until 7:00 pm with a prayer service at 3:00 pm on Monday April 9th at St Francis Home Chapel, Fond du Lac, WI.
On Tuesday April 10th, visitation is from 10:00 am to 11:15 am followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 am at Holy Family Church, 271 4th St. Way, Fond du Lac, WI. A luncheon will follow.
Memorials may be directed to the Sisters of St. Agnes Development Office, 320 County Road K, Fond du Lac, WI 54935.
The Sisters of St. Agnes are grateful to the nurses and staff at Nazareth Court and Center and Hospice Hope for their care of Sister Kathy.
Zacherl Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Sisters of the Congregation of St. Agnes.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on April 8, 2012