Obituaries:  Nina Vandegaer, Sabine Parish       V-532
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 3, 1964
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Nina Vandegaer

  Sister Mary Teresa (formerly Nina Vandegaer), 72 years of age,
passed away at the Mother House of the Sisters of Divine
Providence in San Antonio, Texas, June 19th, 1964. Sister Teresa
had served in the religious life for 55 years, having celebrated
her golden jubilee as a professed nun on July 26, 1962. She had
taught in many of the Catholic Schools of Louisiana, Texas, and
Oklahoma.

  Funeral services were conducted in the Annunciation Chapel of
Our Lady of the Lake Convent, San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday,
June 23, 1964. The Requiem High Mass was celebrated by her
brother, Rt. Rev. John C. Vandegaer, and burial was in the
convent cemetery.

  Sister Teresa was the daughter of the late Dan Vandegaer, and
the late Alice West Vandegaer, who were residents of Sabine
Parish for many years. She is survived by two brothers, Rt. Rev.
John C. Vandegaer of Shreveport, Louisiana, and Thomas J.
Vandegaer of Kansas City, Missouri; one sister, Mrs. Marion
Corley of Many, Louisiana; and a number of nieces and nephews.

  Mrs. Marion Corley, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Vines, and Rev. M. R.
Gremillion attended the funeral of Sister M. Teresa in San
Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, June 23rd. Also attending were Rt.
Rev. J. C. Vandegaer of Shreveport, La., Mr. and Mrs. T. J.
Vandegaer of Kansas City, Missouri, and Mrs. Weldon Anderson of
Shreveport, La.