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- From the Archives;" On February sixth, the Angel of Death returned to our Home for the Si ck in Elm Grove to call to her eternal reward our humble Sister Mary Calix ta Schuh after a lingering and painful illness extending over a year. Sist er suffered intensely during this time, but was ever patient and resign ed to God's holy will. Enlargement of the liver and epilepsy caused su ch severe pain toward the end that Sister had to rest day and night in a c hair. In this way only she found the slightest relief; in her chair she w as quiet and in her chair she died.
Mary Schuh was born of good Catholic parents, in February 11, 1872, at Fre edom, Wisconsin. She attended the parochial school conducted by our Siste rs at that place. Venerable Sister Justa was one of her teachers whom s he revered very much and about whom she spoke lovingly and gratefully duri ng the last weeks of her sickness. At the age of fifteen, Mary begged adm ittance into our Order, and on September 8, 1887, she received the candida te's bonnet from the hands of her loved teacher. Shortly after she was cal led to the Motherhouse, there to join the band of candidates preparing f or teaching. Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin was her first field of experienc e. Three years of training here proved the willing candidate a worthy pos tulant for reception and on July 12, 1890, we find her among the numb er of those wearing the white veil and lily crown of the novice. August 2 0, 1893 and July 20, 1901, record her temporary and perpetual vows.
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and Huntington, Indiana, were subsequent missio ns to which Sister Calixta was assigned for school duty. It was at the la tter place that her health began to fail to such an extent that a relea se from classroom work was deemed advisable. Sister was sent to Villa Sai nt Joseph at Porter, Indiana, to recuperate. After a short stay here, s he was strong enough to resume her work again, this time in Gary, Indian a. The following school term, 1927, Sister helped out at St. Joseph's Mis sion in Milwaukee for a short time until her ailment became so serious th at she had to be removed to Elm Grove for special medical care and treatme nt. Here she entered upon the Gethsemane of her life, - a prolonged and b itter agony, but the patient sufferer never lost faith or condfidence in t he Divine Savior Who now became her Exemplar in His school of suffering.
Her one desire was to go back to school, but when she realized that this w as impossible, and that God willed otherwise, she longed and prayed that d eath would prevent her becoming a burden to her community, saying: "O Moth er, if I cannot go to school any more or be useful in some way, then I a sk to be taken away." Her prayer was heard; on February 6th, after havi ng received the rites of the Church, Sister Calixta's pure soul left her p ain-racked body and appeared before its Divine Judge, there to receive ri ch reward. May she rest in peace."
That is Sister's obituary. Sister's parents were Jacob Schuh and Mary Som mer Schuh, both natives of Germany. While her obituary states enlargeme nt of the liver, the medical examiner also included cause of death as chro nic kidney disease. Sister is buried in Elm Grove. She was close to h er 57th birthday - too young by today's standards.
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1872 - 1929 (56 years)
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