A memorial Mass for Sister Jill Jaeb, OSU, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at the Ursuline Academy chapel in Oakland. Sister Jill (also known as Sister Lauren) died Jan. 16 in Eureka. She was 82.
She was born on July 2, 1942, in Owatonna, Minnesota, to Victor and Angela Schneider Jaeb. She entered the Ursuline community on July 19, 1960, and professed her vows on Jan. 20, 1963. She received a bachelor’s degree in art from the College of New Rochelle and a master’s degree in musical education from North Texas State University.
Sister Jill began her ministry as an educator in Illinois, teaching at Sts. Peter and Paul School in Alton from 1967-68. Serving next in Texas, she taught at Ursuline Academy of San Antonio from 1968-72 and O’Connell High School in Galveston from 1973-77. She taught music to elementary grades at Our Lady of Guadalupe School in Galveston from 1978-80.
From 1981-85, Sister Jill served in parish ministry at St. Mary’s of the Lake in Lake City, Minnesota. She was music director for St. Norbert Parish in Florissant from 1985-98. She served in pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Juneau, Alaska, from 1998-2005 and had a music ministry in Dallas, Texas, from 2008-18.
Sister Jill was a talented musician and artist whose creative light shone brightly during her many decades of ministry throughout the Ursulines’ Central Province and beyond. In retirement, she continued to share her love of music with the residents of her retirement home in Dallas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Mary Descourouez; and a brother, Bob Jaeb. Survivors include two brothers, Ronnie Jaeb and Tom Jaeb.
A private burial was held on Jan. 22 at St. Peter Cemetery in Kirkwood.
