NAME OF DECEASED: SISTER MARKITA HAEFLING
Sister Markita Haefling, 79, died Monday, October 24, 2011, in the Dominican Sisters’ convent infirmary, Great Bend.
Born December 16, 1931, in Strong City, Kansas, as Kathryn Haefling, Sister Markita was the daughter of the late Marion andMary Anne Beumer Haefling. She entered the Dominican Sisters’ Community in Great Bend September 18, 1949, and pronounced her first vows June 7, 1952. She celebrated fifty years of religious profession in 2002.
Sister Markita was a teacher in elementary and secondary schools of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado from 1952 – 1993. In 1995 she began ministry in Mercy Housing in Denver Colorado, a position she held until 2004 when she accepted the position of Assistant Treasurer at the motherhouse in Great Bend. At the time of her death she was residing in the convent infirmary in Great Bend.
Sister Markita is survived by her Dominican Sisters of Peace religious community and four sisters and two brothers: Patricia Haefling of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; Valeria Campbell of Kansas City, Missouri; Dorothy Cacioppo of Gladstone, Missouri; Dolores Neidert of Loretto, Tennessee; Joseph of Durham, North Carolina; and Rev. Maurice Haefling OSB of St. Benedict Abbey, Atchison,Kansas.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday October 28, 2011, with Rev. Maurice Haefling OSB presiding. A Scriptural Vigil Service will be held Thursday October 27, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Sisters’ Resurrection Cemetery. Both the wake and the funeral will be held at the Dominican Sisters convent, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, Kansas.
Memorials in honor of Sister Markita Haefling may be sent to: Dominican Sisters of Peace, 2320 Airport Dr, Columbus OH 43219-2098.
Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Cremation has taken place at Sister Markita’s request. The register book will be available to visitors from 9:00 a.m. until the Scriptural Wake service on Thursday evening, October 27, and before the funeral service on Friday morning, October 28.