Sister Jean Anne Blust, SNDdeN
Funeral Mass for Sister Jean Anne Blust, SNDdeN, 90, who died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, was celebrated Saturday, Jan. 13 at the Mount Notre Dame Chapel in Reading, Ohio.
She was born Mary Cecilia Blust on Oct. 3, 1933 in Middletown to the late John and Lillian Blust.
She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Our Lady of Cincinnati College in 1961 and a Master of Education in Administration degree from Xavier University in 1986.
She entered the congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur on Sept. 7, 1951 and made her first profession of vows on March 12, 1954 and her final profession on Aug. 12, 1959.
She was a teacher at Logan St. John School from 1965 to 1968 and taught at schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for 58 years. She then was involved in community service in Cincinnati before retiring to a ministry of prayer at the Mount Notre Dame Health Center in Reading.
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St. Joseph Church, Dover
BEEBE, Carol J. (Koontz), 85, Dec. 28
St. Catharine Church, Columbus
BEVILACQUA, Leno L., 96, Dec. 28
St. Elizabeth Church, Columbus
CAPOCCIA, Antonio, 88, Dec. 19
St. Joan of Arc Church, Powell
DALRYMPLE, Roxanne (Freriks), 70, Dec. 21
Church of the Atonement, Crooksville
ESSELSTEIN, James R., 88, Dec. 13
Resurrection Cemetery Chapel, Lewis Center
ESSELSTEIN, Martha L. “Marty,” 87, Dec. 21
Resurrection Cemetery Chapel, Lewis Center
FORREST, Elizabeth “Betty” (Myles), 99, Dec. 27
St. Joseph Church, Dover
FREUND, Howard C., 90, Dec. 25
St. Paul Church, Westerville
GOMBOS, Dr. Stephen, 91, Dec. 20
St. Joseph Church, Dover
HOBART, Mary A. (Miller), 94, Dec. 19
St. Matthew Church, Gahanna
HOLMES, Lenore (Irwin), 93, Dec. 31
Our Lady of Victory Church, Columbus
MARINELLI, Dorothy (DiTomaso), 104, Dec. 21
St. Joseph Church, Dover
McCURDY, Kathleen A. (Dunn), of Columbus, 99, Jan. 3
St. Teresa Church, Springfield
MURPHY, Herbert J. Jr., 92, Dec. 27
St. Edward Church, Granville
PHILLIPS, Patrick S., 84, Jan. 1
St. Mary, Mother of God Church, Columbus
RHEES CLARK, Susan J. (Waggener), 77, Jan. 3
Our Mother of Sorrows Chapel, Columbus
SCOTT, Richard L., 87, of Columbus, Dec. 22
St. Sylvester Church, Woodsfield
SIEMER, Robert “Bob,” 95, Dec. 26
St. Rose of Lima Church, New Lexington
WEATHERBY, Robert A., 67, Dec. 23
Holy Spirit Church, Columbus