VanHimbergen, Sister Renee Louise O. P.

Other Events:

• Religious Vows: Abt 1939; Racine Dominican Sister
• Obituary: 24 Jan 2009; Appleton Post Crescent

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Obituary:
Sister Renee Van Himbergen, O.P., 88, passed away at Lakeshore Manor, Racine, on Friday, January 23, 2009. Louise Van Himbergen was born May 31, 1920, to Henry and Gertrude (nee: Van Heeswyke) Van Himbergen in Kimberly, WI. On August 30, 1938, she joined the Racine Dominicans and at her reception in 1939 she was given the religious name Sister Renee. She professed her first vows in January 1942 and her final vows in 1948.
Sister Renee spent many years in service to others in teaching. She began her ministry in 1941 at St. Victor, Monroe, WI. Other places in Wisconsin where she served were SS. Peter & Paul, Green Bay; St. Mary, Janesville; Holy Trinity and St. Lucy, Racine; Holy Cross, Kaukauna; St. Bernard, Madison; St. John, Little Chute; St. Pius, Wauwatosa; and St. Leo, Milwaukee. She also served in New Mexico, Michigan and Louisiana. In 1991, she moved to Siena Center, Racine, WI. She became a resident at Golden Living Center, Kenosha, WI, in December 2006 and moved to Lakeshore Manor, Racine, in October 2008.
Sister Renee is survived by the Racine Dominican Sisters and Associates; her brother Richard (Peg); brother-in-law, Larry W. Schutte; her sister-in-law, Margaret Van Himbergen; nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents; and her brothers: Harry A. (Lydia), George, C. Jack and Francis (Marge); and sisters: Anne (Joe) Frye, Marie Schutte, Kathleen (Clarence) Smith, and Virginia Van Himbergen.
Visitation will be in the Siena Center Chapel, 5635 Erie Street, Racine, WI, on Tuesday, January 27, beginning at 9 a.m. with a Remembering Service at 2:30 p.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 4 p.m. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery Hwy. 32. Memorials to the Racine Dominican Mission Fund have been suggested.
Maresh-Meredith &
Acklam Funeral Home
803 Main Street
Racine, WI 53403
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