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Sister Kathleen Johnson

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  • Birth Name: Kathleen
  • Current Name: Kathleen
  • Religious Name: Mary Alphonsus
  • Last Name: Johnson
  • Mother's Name: Anne ( Lawless) Johnson
  • Father's Name: Oliver Johnson
  • Hometown: Miller, SD
  • Entry Date: September 8, 1948
  • Current Status: Deceased
  • Death Date: July 11, 2010

Education:

Grade School:

Miller, SD

High School:

Central Catholic High School, Fort Wayne, IN (1945)

College:

Notre Dame Jr. College, Mitchell, SD: State Certificate Elementary Education
Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD (1965): BS Degree
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Miles Community College, Miles City, MT

Biography:

Sister Kathleen spent nearly 40 years as an educator in Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota. She first ministered in elementary schools and later was a high school science and math instructor. She later responded to the need for a science teacher at the Lakota Campus of Presentation College, spending four years teaching chemistry, anatomy and physiology to pre-nursing students. Sister then spent nine years in St. Paul, Minn. working with the elderly through Sister Care. Since retiring in 2005, Sister volunteers in the bakery and kitchen at Presentation Convent and returned to teaching CCD classes in Aberdeen.

1951-1952 - St. Teresa, Huron, SD - Teacher
1952-1962 - St. Stephen, Anoka, MN - Teacher
1962-1964 - St. Mary, Sioux Falls, SD - Teacher
1964-1965 - Sacred Heart, Aberdeen, SD - Teacher
1965-1967 - St. Mary, Dell Rapids, SD - Teacher
1967-1984 - Sacred Heart, Miles City, MT - Science Teacher
1984-1985 - O’Gorman, Sioux Falls, SD - Science Teacher
1985-1991 - Presentation Convent, Aberdeen, SD - Laundry
1991-1992 - Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD - Math Teacher and Food Service
1992-1996 - Presentation College, Eagle Butte, SD - Science and Math Teacher
1996-2005 - Sister Care, St. Paul, MN - Visit Elderly
2006-2010 - Presentation Convent, Aberdeen, SD - Bakery Volunteer and Full-time Prayer Ministry

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