Grabowski, Mary Bonaventure, Sister
(1919 - 2008)NEW JERSEY - Funeral services for Sister Mary Bonaventure Grabowski were held at the Felician Sisters' Infirmary Chapel, Our Lady of Lourdes Hall on Wednesday morning, July 30. Following the Mass of Christian Burial, Sister was laid to rest in the Felician Sisters' Cemetery in Lodi. Sister Mary Bonaventure died on Sunday, July 27, 2008 in Lodi, New Jersey. She was 89 years old and had been a Felician Sister for 73 years. Funeral arrangements were handled by the Shook Funeral Home of Clifton, New Jersey.
The former Josephine Grabowski, Sister Bonaventure was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1918. She entered the postulancy of the Felician Sisters in Lodi, New Jersey in 1935, and received the Felician habit in 1936. She made first religious vows in 1937 and professed final vows in 1943.
A teacher on the college, secondary and elementary levels, Sister Bonaventure was also the congregational historian. She earned a B.A. degree in education from Villanova University and a M.A. in mathematics from Fordham University.
Sister Bonaventure is survived by several nieces and nephews and members of her extended family, most of whom live in Maryland.
Source: The Post Eagle, New Jersey - Wednesday, August 27, 2008.