Helen Marie Taskan
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B - March 26, 2011
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth mourn the loss of our Sister
Celine Taskan, formerly Marie Celine, 90, who died at 3:45 a.m. at
St. John Hospital on Thursday, March 24, 2011.
Helen Marie Taskan was born on December 7, 1920 in Kansas
City, KS, the daughter of Perry P. and Mary M. Greis Taskan.
Helen Marie was raised in Kansas City, graduated from St. Rose of
Lima Grade School and Bishop Ward High School, and entered the
religious community of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth on
August 18, 1949. She was given the name Sister Marie Celine and
made her profession of vows on August 15, 1951.
After one and a half years teaching in elementary schools, Sister
Celine began hospital ministry. Over a period of 25 years, she
served primarily in the Business Offices of hospitals in Montana,
Colorado, and Wyoming. She enjoyed teaching ward secretaries,
constructed a 600-bed Control Board, receiving national honors, and
was connected with a Cancer Research Project. Sister Celine also
enjoyed 12 years in Pastoral Ministry in parishes in Grand Island
and Lexington, Nebraska. She spent the ten years previous to her
retirement at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center in Grand Junction,
Colorado, where she served in a variety of departments. She
retired to the Mother House in Leavenworth, KS in 2004.
Sister Celine received a B.S. in Business from the University of
Saint Mary, Leavenworth, Kansas, and earned a certificate from
Aquinas Institute of Theology, Dubuque, Iowa in Pastoral Ministry.
Survivors include her sister, Mrs. Frances Lysaught, KCK; eight
nephews, several grandnieces and nephews, friends, and her SCL
Community.
A vigil will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, in Ross
Chapel of the Sisters of Charity Mother House in Leavenworth,
where friends may call after 4:00 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated in Ross Chapel at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March
28. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery on the Mother
House grounds. R. L. Leintz Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of Charity
of Leavenworth Retirement Fund, 4200 S. 4th St., Leavenworth,
KS 66048.
