Sister Louella Staab, 81, died Sunday, November 4, 2012, in the Dominican Sisters’ convent infirmary, Great Bend.  Born October 8, 1931, in Catherine, Kansas, as Maybell Ann Catherine Staab, Sister Louella was the daughter of the late Alexius and Celestine (Weigel) Staab. She entered the Dominican Sisters’ Community in Great Bend December 6, 1953, and pronounced her first vows June 13, 1956. She celebrated fifty years of religious profession in 2006.

Sister Louella ministered in the hospital offices of St. Joseph Memorial, Larned; St. Rose, Great Bend; Sacred Heart, Lamar, Colo.; St. Catherine, Garden City; and Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend; from 1956 to 1968 and in the finance office of the Great Bend Dominican Sisters. She is most remembered as the accountant and Executive Director of Cedar Park Place in Great Bend from 1980 to 1992. She also worked in the Chancery office of the Diocese of Dodge City and as Administrator of Mary Elizabeth Maternity Home in Hays. She retired to the convent infirmary in Great Bend in 2003.

Sister Louella is survived by her Dominican Sisters of Peace religious community; five brothers: Robert Staab of Salina, KS; Norman Staab of Hays, KS; Roger Staab of Hays, KS; Ervell Staab of Omaha, NE; and Dennis Staab of Olathe, KS; and two sisters: Erlene Leiker of Olathe, KS; and Ruby Mae Nowak of Russell, KS. Sister Louella was preceded in death by one brother, William Staab.

Sister Louella’s body will be brought to the hospitality area of the Dominican Chapel of the Plains, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, at 4:00 p.m., Monday, November 5, 2012, where it will lie in state until the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 7, 2012, with Rev. Ted Skalsky and Rev. Francis Oroffa MSP concelebrating. A wake service will be held at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Burial will be in the Sisters’ Resurrection Cemetery. Both the wake and the funeral will be held at the convent. Friends may call at the convent on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the wake service and Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until service time.

Memorials in honor of Sister Louella may be sent to: Dominican Sisters of Peace, Office of Advancement, 2320 Airport Dr., Columbus OH  43219-2098.

Bryant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

 

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Arrangements by  Bryant Funeral Home    1425 Patton Road    Great Bend, KS  67530