| Name |
Verbeten, Catherine |
| Prefix |
Sister Huberta |
| Suffix |
O. P. |
| Birth |
12 Jul 1913 |
Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
 Religious Vows |
1 Aug 1932 |
| Racine Dominican |
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| Stationed at |
Aft 1932 |
- Assumption Grotto, Detroit, MI.
In Racine she served at Holy Name, St. Rose, St. Mary and St. Patrick.
Other places in Wisconsin where she served were
St. Bernard, Madison;
St. John, Little Chute;
Holy Name, Kimberly;
St. Mary, Kenosha; and
Holy Cross, Kaukauna.
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| News Mention |
Abt May 2008 |
- Sister Catherine Verbeten
Sister Catherine was honored on April 11, 2008, by the Volunteer Center of Racine County for her dedicated work with the Racine Dominican Senior Companion Program. She has been a volunteer visitor for homebound elderly and disabled people for the past 15 years.
When she retired from teaching and home care responsibilities in 1993, S. Catherine came to live at Siena Center, motherhouse of the Racine Dominicans. "She immediately became involved as a volunteer," noted Gloria Brown, director of the Senior Companion Program. "She is so conscientious - a wonderful role model for younger people who may think they're too old to volunteer anymore."
Every week S. Catherine visits people in the Senior Companion Program wherever they live - homes, apartments, assisted living or nursing home facilities. For many of them, she is the only person who takes time to talk with them. As one of her Seniors said, "She is one of the few contacts I have. She is someone who will listen and someone to talk to; I'm not so lonely anymore."
S. Catherine feels the greatest impact she has as a volunteer is "to be a friend and listener," giving her full attention to those she visits. And of course, she continually prays for them as well.
In one case, S. Catherine is the connector for three elderly family members, all of whom are disabled. They live in separate facilities and cannot keep in touch with one another directly. S. Catherine visits each regularly and passes news back and forth among the siblings.
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| News Mention |
17 Jul 2010 |
| The Journal Times |
- 25 Racine Dominican Sisters mark Jubilee
Celebrating 75 Years
Sister Catherine (Huberta) Verbeten, OP, was born in Combined Locks, and received a bachelor's degree from St. Norbert's College in DePere, and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Verbeten served as an elementary school teacher and reading center coordinator in various schools around Michigan and Wisconsin. She continues active involvement in the Senior Companion Program, visiting homebound and nursing home residents. She lives at Siena Center.
Read more: http://www.journaltimes.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/article_9ad525e4-9055-11df-bb0b-001cc4c03286.html#ixzz1WCbVEjvI
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| News Mention |
8 Jul 2015 |
| The Times Villager |
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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| Death |
3 Apr 2016 |
Racine, Racine, Wisconsin, USA |
| Obituary |
Aft 3 Apr 2016 |
| Racine County Eye |
- Sister Catherine Verbeten, O.P., 102, passed away at Siena Center, Racine, WI on Sunday April 3, 2016.
Catherine Petronella was born July 12, 1913 to Martin and Nell (nee: Coonen) Verbeten in Combined Locks, WI. On August 1, 1932 she joined the Racine Dominicans and at her reception in 1933 she was given the religious name Sister Huberta. She professed her first vows in 1935 and her final vows in 1941. In 1968 she returned to using her baptismal name Catherine.
Sister Catherine spent many years in service to others in teaching. She began her ministry in 1932 at Assumption Grotto, Detroit, MI. In Racine she served at Holy Name, St. Rose, St. Mary and St. Patrick.
Other places in Wisconsin where she served were St. Bernard, Madison; St. John, Little Chute; Holy Name, Kimberly; St. Mary, Kenosha; and Holy Cross, Kaukauna. After she finished teaching at Holy Cross she served as a Senior Companion in Kaukauna. After moving to Siena Center in 1993 she continued her ministry in the Senior Companion Program.
Sister Catherine is survived by the Racine Dominican Sisters and Associates; nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; her brothers Robert, Gerald (Jeff) and infant Edward; and her sisters Dorothy Marolf, Mary Vanevenhoven and Grace Kugler.
Visitation will be in the Siena Center Chapel on Thursday April 7, beginning at 9:00 a.m. with a Remembering Service at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery Hwy 32. Memorials to the Racine Dominican Mission Fund have been suggested.
Special thanks to the Resident Care Aides and nurses at Siena Center for their wonderful care of S. Catherine as well as the staff at Hospice Alliance, especially her aide, Nicole.
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| Marriage Status |
Never Married |
| Burial |
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Racine, Wisconsin, USA |
| Person ID |
I45059 |
1FamilyTree | MaryLangenhuizenClose78556 |
| Last Modified |
16 Jul 2016 |
1913 - 2016 (102 years)
