Kay Co., OK - Obits: Rosa Elizabeth Leven
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Rosa Elizabeth Leven

Sr. Rosa Elizabeth buried Jan. 5
    Following a brief illness, Sr. Rosa Elizabeth Leven, CSM, died in
Marian Hall of Mt. St. Mary Convent on Jan. 3, [1990].
   Sr. Rosa Elizabeth was born to Joseph and Gertrude (Conrady) Leven
on April 28, 1902, in Blackwell, Okla.  She was baptized in St. Joseph
Church, Blackwell on June 12, 1902. In receiving the religious habit of
the Sisters of St. Joseph on August 15, 1923, at Mt. St. Mary Convent
in Wichita, she was given the religious name Sr. Mary Anselm, but she
later returned to her baptismal name.  She made her final vows Aug.15,
1928.
   Sr. Rosa Elizabeth's entire religious ministry was in domestic work
and in serving as children's choir director and organist in parishes
where she was missioned, all of which were in Kansas with exception of
three years in Perry, Okla.
   Survivors include two brothers Anthony and Frank Leven of Newkirk,
Okla., and a sister, Mrs. Maria Gray of Ponca City, Okla.  The Most
Rev. Stephen A. Leven, former Bishop of the Diocese of San Angelo,
Texas, who died June 28 1983, was also her brother.
   A concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial was held at 4 p.m. Jan. 5,
for Sr. Rosa Elizabeth in the Mt. St. Mary Convent Chapel, with her
nephew Rev. Marvin F. Leven of Okarche, Okla., as celebrant and
homilist. Burial was in the convent cemetery.
        Published on Thursday January 11, 1990 – [Wichita, KS]