Sister Rose Marie Miehm^[1]

1929 - 2012  (83 years)

• Name	Rose Marie Miehm
  Prefix	Sister
  Born	1929	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	principal St. John's School
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-106334
  Died	3 May 2012	Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	Waterdown, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario
  Person ID	I106334	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Nelson George Miehm,   b. 12 Nov 1884, Centreville (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 May 1965, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Agnes Rose,   b. 13 Apr 1885, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Oct 1957, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	15 Sep 1913	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F52640	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MIEHM, Sister Rose Marie, School Sister of Notre Dame Died at Hamilton General Hospital on May 3, 2012. Sister Rose Marie was 83 years of age and in her 63rd as a School Sister of Notre Dame. Predeceased by her parents Nelson and Agnes (Rose) Miehm and her brothers Leonard, Wilfrid, Nelson and her sister Marjorie Bisch. Lovingly remembered by the members of her religious community, her brother, Jerome and nieces and nephews. Sister Rose Marie began her teaching career at Basilica School, Hamilton. From there she moved to St. John and St. Teresa schools in Kitchener. She then was appointed principal at the following schools - St. Stephen School, Cayuga, Our Lady of Grace, Aurora, and in Kitchener, St. John, St. Joseph and St. Paul. In 1966 while Sister Rose Marie was at St. Joseph School, she offered English classes to the Portuguese parents. Her staff volunteered to assist her in teaching evening classes. During the second year of the ESL program, government grants financed the classes. From 1974 - 1976, she was director at Children's Village, St. Agatha. She then returned to teaching at Holy Family School, Hamilton and Martin of Tours, Stoney Creek. In 1978, Sister Rose Marie began some years on the missions as director of schools first in Calacota, Bolivia and then in Nahuala, Guatemala. On her return to Canada in 1983, Sister Rose Marie spent a few months in pastoral work in Beardmore, Ontario before going to Sacred Heart School, Ladner, British Columbia where she spent the last eight years of her teaching career as principal. Her leadership skills were again called upon when she was appointed director of the Spiritual Centre in Waterdown until it closed in 1997. Ever the educator, Sister Rose Marie then assisted with the diocesan catechetical correspondence program. Visitors will be received at Notre Dame Convent, Waterdown on Sunday, May 6, from 2: 00 - 4: 00 p.m. and 7: 00 -9: 00 p.m. A Prayer Service will be held on Sunday at 3: 00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Monday, May 7 at 10: 30 a.m. Interment in Notre Dame Convent Cemetery. Miehm Sister Rose Marie | lifenews.ca . (2017). Lifenews.ca. Retrieved 7 August 2017, from https://www.lifenews.ca/announcement/1857368-miehm-sister-rose-marie

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Nelson Miehm.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1929 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - principal St. John's School - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 3 May 2012 - Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth