Geary, Rita, 1862-1927
Person
Dates
- Usage: 1887 - 1927
Parallel Names
- Geary, Margaret, 1862-1887
Occupations
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Benedictine nuns
- Note: Entered Novitiate: 1887-02-10, First Vows: 1888-03-21, Perpetual Vows: 1891-07-11
Places
- Blairsville -- Pennsylvania (Place of Birth) -- Date: 1862-10-19
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Canon City -- Colorado
(Place of Death)
-- Date:
1927-12-21
- Note: Buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Cañon City, Colorado
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sister Rita Geary, OSB papers
Collection
Identifier: OSBCHI-D-GEARRITA
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a personal data sheet, photographs, community obituaries, and notes regarding the circumstances of her death. Several of these notes indicate that Sister was initially incorrectly diagnosed and sent home by her doctor despite reporting severe pain, which ultimately contributed to her death shortly after.
Dates:
c. 1886-1993
Found in:
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives