Sister Mary Frances Therese (Rosalie) Doyle
Sister Mary Frances Therese was born on a farm near Parnell, Iowa. Her mother was born in Ireland.
Sister and her classmates, Sisters Marie Fleurette Russell and Therese Martin Milkanin, chose names honoring St. Theresa, the "Little Flower." She was proud of her Jesuit nephew.
She was a talented music teacher for all grades. Sister was brought by air ambulance from Great Falls to Ottumwa just a month before she died of cancer on December 14, 1965. Her family was deeply appreciative that Sister had been able to care for her dying mother years earlier.
Missions:
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
St. Mary, Ottumwa
St. Mary, Marshalltown
Cosgrove Consolidated, Cosgrove
St. Mary, Ottumwa
Melrose Public, Melrose
Parnell Public, Parnell
St. Joseph, Dunlap
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf
St. Anthony Des Moines
St. Pius X, Des Moines
St. Joseph, Neola
Catholic Central, Great Falls, MT