Name of Deceased: Sister Sibyllina Mueller
Date of Death: December 9, 2012
Place of Death: Dominican Sisters’ Convent Infirmary, Great Bend, Kansas
Date of Birth: January 10, 1931 at Wichita, Kansas
Parents Name: John P. & Sibylla (Ternes) Mueller
OBITUARY INFORMATION
Sister Sibyllina Mueller, 81, died early Sunday morning, December 9, 2012, in the Dominican Sisters’ Convent Infirmary, Great Bend, Kan. Born January 10, 1931, in Wichita, Kan., as Theresa Susanne Mueller, Sister Sibyllina was the daughter of the late John and Sibylla (Ternes) Mueller. She entered the Dominican Sisters’ Community August 26, 1945, and pronounced her first vows June 10, 1948. She celebrated sixty years of religious profession in 2008.
Sister Sibyllina was a parochial grade school teacher of grades one through six from 1948 to 1964. After her education in speech pathology at Wichita State University she was a staff member of the Institute of Logopedics in Wichita and later an educational consultant in learning disabilities at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. She began the Art of Learning Center in Great Bend, which later moved to Wichita, where she was director for more than 20 years. She retired to the motherhouse in Great Bend in 2006. Even after her retirement she aided elderly sisters with speech difficulties.
Sister Sibyllina is survived by her Dominican Sisters of Peace religious community and her sister, Lucy Jenks of Wichita, KS.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at the Dominican Chapel of the Plains, 3600 Broadway, Great Bend, on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Jarrod Lies as presider and Rev. Ken Van Haverbeke as homilist. Rev. Francis Oroffa MSP will also concelebrate. Cremation has taken place at Sister Sibyllina’s request and inurnment will follow the Mass in the Dominican Sisters’ Resurrection Cemetery in Great Bend. A wake service will be held Wednesday, December 12, at 7:00 p.m. at the convent. The register book will be available to visitors from noon until 7 p.m.Wednesday, and before the funeral service on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the convent. Memorials in honor of Sister Sibyllina may be sent to: Dominican Sisters of Peace, Office of Mission Advancement, 2320 Airport Dr., Columbus OH 43219-2098. Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home 1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas 67530