Sister Judith Emge, 70, Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, in a hospital at Sioux Falls.
Funeral services will be Thursday in the Mother of God Monastery at Watertown. Celebrants will be the Rev. Denis Quinkert of Blue Cloud Abbey and the Rev. Denis Meier, monastery chaplain.
Burial will be in the monastery cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday with a liturgical wake at 7 p.m. in the monastery.
The Wight, Comes and Sogn Funeral Chapel in Watertown is in charge of arrangements.
Judith Emge was born Aug. 2, 1937, the fifth of 11 children to Richard and Gertrude (Wipf) Emge of Evansville, Ind. She attended 11 years of Catholic education, graduating from Mater Dei High School in 1955. In September of 1955, she entered Immaculate Conception Convent in Ferdinand, Ind. In 1956, Judith, then known as Sister Mary Andrew, was missioned to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, N.D., as a founding member of Queen of Peace Monastery. She made her monastic profession in 1957. She spent 47 years as a member of that small Benedictine community. By 2001, the group had dwindled to six. At that time, the sisters decided they could no longer continue as they were an aging community who had not received new members in many years. As members of the Federation of St. Gertrude, they asked to be dissolved as an independent community and chose to live out their monastic vocation in other monasteries.
Dec. 8, 2003, Sisters Judith and Diane Miller arrived at Mother of God Monastery to begin a probationary period at the monastery to determine if this was the place where they wanted to spend the rest of their monastic lives. March 18, 2007, the two sisters officially transferred their vow of stability from Queen of Peace Monastery to Mother of God Monastery.
Sister Judith attended Mount Marty College in Yankton, receiving a B.A. degree in elementary education. Her many years of ministry were in the field of education, first in Indiana and then at St. Ann's Indian Mission in Belcourt. From 1968 to 1992, she served as principal and as executive director of St. Ann's, later called the Objibwa Indian School. In 1975, she received her M.A. degree in elementary education.
In 1992, she began as development director and registrar of Queen of Peace Center. She served in that position until she was elected prioress in 1997, a position she held until 2003 when the monastery closed. Since joining Mother of God Monastery, Sister Judith has served as administrative assistant in the Benedictine Sisters Foundation Office. In 2007, she was elected to serve on the monastery council and board of directors.
Survivors include her brothers, Richard of South Bend, Ind., and David of New York City; her sisters Pat Smead, Sue Berry, Kate Wittgen and Barbara Rexing, all of Evansville; and her sisters of Mother of God Monastery, especially her good friend, Sister Diane Miller.
Watertown Public Opinion July 15, 2008
Funeral services will be Thursday in the Mother of God Monastery at Watertown. Celebrants will be the Rev. Denis Quinkert of Blue Cloud Abbey and the Rev. Denis Meier, monastery chaplain.
Burial will be in the monastery cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday with a liturgical wake at 7 p.m. in the monastery.
The Wight, Comes and Sogn Funeral Chapel in Watertown is in charge of arrangements.
Judith Emge was born Aug. 2, 1937, the fifth of 11 children to Richard and Gertrude (Wipf) Emge of Evansville, Ind. She attended 11 years of Catholic education, graduating from Mater Dei High School in 1955. In September of 1955, she entered Immaculate Conception Convent in Ferdinand, Ind. In 1956, Judith, then known as Sister Mary Andrew, was missioned to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, N.D., as a founding member of Queen of Peace Monastery. She made her monastic profession in 1957. She spent 47 years as a member of that small Benedictine community. By 2001, the group had dwindled to six. At that time, the sisters decided they could no longer continue as they were an aging community who had not received new members in many years. As members of the Federation of St. Gertrude, they asked to be dissolved as an independent community and chose to live out their monastic vocation in other monasteries.
Dec. 8, 2003, Sisters Judith and Diane Miller arrived at Mother of God Monastery to begin a probationary period at the monastery to determine if this was the place where they wanted to spend the rest of their monastic lives. March 18, 2007, the two sisters officially transferred their vow of stability from Queen of Peace Monastery to Mother of God Monastery.
Sister Judith attended Mount Marty College in Yankton, receiving a B.A. degree in elementary education. Her many years of ministry were in the field of education, first in Indiana and then at St. Ann's Indian Mission in Belcourt. From 1968 to 1992, she served as principal and as executive director of St. Ann's, later called the Objibwa Indian School. In 1975, she received her M.A. degree in elementary education.
In 1992, she began as development director and registrar of Queen of Peace Center. She served in that position until she was elected prioress in 1997, a position she held until 2003 when the monastery closed. Since joining Mother of God Monastery, Sister Judith has served as administrative assistant in the Benedictine Sisters Foundation Office. In 2007, she was elected to serve on the monastery council and board of directors.
Survivors include her brothers, Richard of South Bend, Ind., and David of New York City; her sisters Pat Smead, Sue Berry, Kate Wittgen and Barbara Rexing, all of Evansville; and her sisters of Mother of God Monastery, especially her good friend, Sister Diane Miller.
Watertown Public Opinion July 15, 2008
Sister Judith Emge, 70, Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, in a hospital at Sioux Falls.
Funeral services will be Thursday in the Mother of God Monastery at Watertown. Celebrants will be the Rev. Denis Quinkert of Blue Cloud Abbey and the Rev. Denis Meier, monastery chaplain.
Burial will be in the monastery cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday with a liturgical wake at 7 p.m. in the monastery.
The Wight, Comes and Sogn Funeral Chapel in Watertown is in charge of arrangements.
Judith Emge was born Aug. 2, 1937, the fifth of 11 children to Richard and Gertrude (Wipf) Emge of Evansville, Ind. She attended 11 years of Catholic education, graduating from Mater Dei High School in 1955. In September of 1955, she entered Immaculate Conception Convent in Ferdinand, Ind. In 1956, Judith, then known as Sister Mary Andrew, was missioned to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, N.D., as a founding member of Queen of Peace Monastery. She made her monastic profession in 1957. She spent 47 years as a member of that small Benedictine community. By 2001, the group had dwindled to six. At that time, the sisters decided they could no longer continue as they were an aging community who had not received new members in many years. As members of the Federation of St. Gertrude, they asked to be dissolved as an independent community and chose to live out their monastic vocation in other monasteries.
Dec. 8, 2003, Sisters Judith and Diane Miller arrived at Mother of God Monastery to begin a probationary period at the monastery to determine if this was the place where they wanted to spend the rest of their monastic lives. March 18, 2007, the two sisters officially transferred their vow of stability from Queen of Peace Monastery to Mother of God Monastery.
Sister Judith attended Mount Marty College in Yankton, receiving a B.A. degree in elementary education. Her many years of ministry were in the field of education, first in Indiana and then at St. Ann's Indian Mission in Belcourt. From 1968 to 1992, she served as principal and as executive director of St. Ann's, later called the Objibwa Indian School. In 1975, she received her M.A. degree in elementary education.
In 1992, she began as development director and registrar of Queen of Peace Center. She served in that position until she was elected prioress in 1997, a position she held until 2003 when the monastery closed. Since joining Mother of God Monastery, Sister Judith has served as administrative assistant in the Benedictine Sisters Foundation Office. In 2007, she was elected to serve on the monastery council and board of directors.
Survivors include her brothers, Richard of South Bend, Ind., and David of New York City; her sisters Pat Smead, Sue Berry, Kate Wittgen and Barbara Rexing, all of Evansville; and her sisters of Mother of God Monastery, especially her good friend, Sister Diane Miller.
Watertown Public Opinion July 15, 2008
Funeral services will be Thursday in the Mother of God Monastery at Watertown. Celebrants will be the Rev. Denis Quinkert of Blue Cloud Abbey and the Rev. Denis Meier, monastery chaplain.
Burial will be in the monastery cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday with a liturgical wake at 7 p.m. in the monastery.
The Wight, Comes and Sogn Funeral Chapel in Watertown is in charge of arrangements.
Judith Emge was born Aug. 2, 1937, the fifth of 11 children to Richard and Gertrude (Wipf) Emge of Evansville, Ind. She attended 11 years of Catholic education, graduating from Mater Dei High School in 1955. In September of 1955, she entered Immaculate Conception Convent in Ferdinand, Ind. In 1956, Judith, then known as Sister Mary Andrew, was missioned to the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, N.D., as a founding member of Queen of Peace Monastery. She made her monastic profession in 1957. She spent 47 years as a member of that small Benedictine community. By 2001, the group had dwindled to six. At that time, the sisters decided they could no longer continue as they were an aging community who had not received new members in many years. As members of the Federation of St. Gertrude, they asked to be dissolved as an independent community and chose to live out their monastic vocation in other monasteries.
Dec. 8, 2003, Sisters Judith and Diane Miller arrived at Mother of God Monastery to begin a probationary period at the monastery to determine if this was the place where they wanted to spend the rest of their monastic lives. March 18, 2007, the two sisters officially transferred their vow of stability from Queen of Peace Monastery to Mother of God Monastery.
Sister Judith attended Mount Marty College in Yankton, receiving a B.A. degree in elementary education. Her many years of ministry were in the field of education, first in Indiana and then at St. Ann's Indian Mission in Belcourt. From 1968 to 1992, she served as principal and as executive director of St. Ann's, later called the Objibwa Indian School. In 1975, she received her M.A. degree in elementary education.
In 1992, she began as development director and registrar of Queen of Peace Center. She served in that position until she was elected prioress in 1997, a position she held until 2003 when the monastery closed. Since joining Mother of God Monastery, Sister Judith has served as administrative assistant in the Benedictine Sisters Foundation Office. In 2007, she was elected to serve on the monastery council and board of directors.
Survivors include her brothers, Richard of South Bend, Ind., and David of New York City; her sisters Pat Smead, Sue Berry, Kate Wittgen and Barbara Rexing, all of Evansville; and her sisters of Mother of God Monastery, especially her good friend, Sister Diane Miller.
Watertown Public Opinion July 15, 2008
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