Fidelia Laughrin's obituary, Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan

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Publication Date: December 15, 1991
Source: The Detroit News 
Page: 6C 

Sister Fidelia Laughrin (Catherine Genevieve), 94, former head of Marygrove 
College's Spanish Department, died of heart failure Friday, Dec. 13, 1991, 
in the St. Mary Health Care Center, Monroe. She was born in Cleveland to 
James A. and Mary E. Baker Laughrin, and entered the Order of the Immaculate 
Heart of Mary in 1922 to begin a career in high school and college education.
Sr. Fidelia taught 10 years in high schools, including the Michigan schools 
of St. Mary Academy of Monroe, St. Charles of Newport and St. John of Benton 
Harbor. She then spent the next 37 years at Marygrove, teaching and 
administering Spanish courses. In 1970, Sr. Fidelia left Marygrove for the 
Catholic Charities at Cleveland, where she was a program editor, writer and 
research developer until 1983. She then moved to Parma, Ohio, where she took
care of a sister for eight years. Earlier this year, she moved into the IHM 
Mother House, Monroe. Sr. Fidelia had earned a bachelor of arts degree in 
Spanish at St. Mary College of Monroe, a master's in Spanish from the 
University of Notre Dame and a doctorate in the language from the Catholic 
University of America. She has three surviving sisters.
A wake will be 1-9 p.m. today in the IHM Mother House, Monroe. A vigil 
service will be at 7 tonight in the Mother House Chapel. A funeral mass will
be at 10 a.m. Monday in the chapel, with burial in St. Mary Cemetery, Monroe.
Rupp Funeral Home, Monroe, is in charge of arrangements. Memorial tributes 
may be sent to the IHM retirement fund, 610 W. Elm, Monroe, Mich. 48161.

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