Sister Michelle Rheinlander, OSB, 1922-2015

Sister Michelle Rheinlander, O.S.B., 93, of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island, Ill., formerly of Peoria, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at the monastery.

A Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Chapel of St. Mary Monastery in Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the Monastery, where a Christian wake service will be held at 7 p.m. Burial is in Calvary Cemetery in Rock Island.

Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home in Milan is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Ave. W., Rock Island, IL 61201.

Michelle (Rachel) Rheinlander was born on May 15, 1922, in St. Louis, Mo., a daughter of Arthur Rheinlander and Dorothy (Groff) Rheinlander. She attended St. Thomas Grade School and Resurrection School in St. Louis, Mo., St. Mary's Academy in Nauvoo, Ill., College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., and the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.

Sister Michelle Rheinlander entered the Benedictine community in July of 1940, and made her first profession as a Benedictine Sister on Aug. 22, 1945. Her ministry after entering the Benedictine Community included serving as Pastoral Associate of St. Mary's Parish in Moline, Ill., Public Health Supervisor and Nurse with Native American groups in Arizona, Associate and Superintendent of Peoria Diocesan Schools in Peoria, Ill., Director of Casa Kinder in Santa Clara, Mexico, and teacher at Immaculate Conception in Monmouth, Ill., St. John's in Clinton, Ill., Holy Family in Peoria, Ill., St. Anthony in Atkinson, Ill., St. Boniface in Peoria and St., John's in Bradford, Ill.

She is survived by her Benedictine Sisters and one nephew, John Tittle.

Sister Michelle was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Dorothy Kubik, Sue Tarbi and Nan Tittle; and one brother, Arthur Rheinlander.

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