A memorial Mass for Sister Rose Philippine Hoormann, CSJ, will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 6, at Nazareth Living Center in south St. Louis County. Sister Rose died April 4 at Nazareth Living Center. She was 93 years old and a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 77 years.
Sister Rose, baptized Elizabeth Helen Mary, was born on Nov. 22, 1931, in Florissant to Anthony J. and Elizabeth (Derhake) Hoormann. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph on Sept. 15, 1947, and made her final profession on Aug. 15, 1953. She earned a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from Fontbonne College (now University) in 1959.
Sister Rose served as a cook at Nazareth Convent in St. Louis (1950-52) and St. Joseph Industrial School in Keshena, Wisconsin (1952-53). She then served as the dining room manager at the St. Joseph Provincial House in St. Louis for a year.
In 1954, Sister Rose completed her education at Academy of Our Lady/Spalding in Peoria, Illinois, and continued on to earn her bachelor’s degree in 1959. After a yearlong internship at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Sister Rose began her 26-year ministry as a registered dietitian, serving at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City (now St. Joseph Medical Center) (1960-63); St. Joseph Hospital in Augusta, Georgia (1963-73); and St. Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood (now St. Clare Hospital in Fenton) (1973-86).
Sister Rose went on to serve for two years as a certified nurse assistant at St. Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood. From 1988-98, she served her CSJ community at Nazareth Convent/Nazareth Living Center in community service and as a residential care assistant.
From there, she served for four years at St. Joseph’s Academy Convent in St. Louis, first as the assistant administrator and then as an administrative staff member. Sister Rose then volunteered for a year in the CSJ Care home service.
In 2003, she served in family care for five years before retiring in 2008. During that time, she was also a volunteer at Nazareth Living Center until 2009.
Since 2009, Sister Rose resided at Nazareth Living Center, where she continued to carry out her mission of prayer and presence.
Sister Rose donated her body to science.
