Sister Lorraine Stenger, OSF
Sister Lorraine Stenger, 92, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, Minnesota, died at Assisi Heights on Day, Month & Date, 2024.
Lorraine Stenger was born on May 4, 1932, in Austin, Minnesota, to Robert and Rose (Michels) Stenger. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1953, received the name of Sister Robard, and made perpetual vows in 1958. She received her Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minnesota, in 1962.
Sister Lorraine was an elementary school teacher for 20 years. She taught at various schools in Minnesota and Bogotá, Colombia, at the Hogar Santa Isabel and the Colegio Santa Francisca Romana. For the next 40 years, Sister Lorraine served in various ministries, including as an artist; a volunteer for Spanish-speaking patients at Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota; Pastoral Associate; Deanery Coordinator; Director of Religious Education; and Assistant to the Director of Residential Life at Assisi Heights, Rochester, Minnesota, when she moved to Assisi Heights in 2014, continuing until her retirement in 2018.
Survivors of Sister Lorraine Stenger include her Franciscan Sisters, with whom she shared life for 71 years, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Robert, Joseph, and John Stenger, and two sisters, Geraldine Chavez and Rosemary Dayer.
A Resurrection Liturgy will be held at Assisi Heights at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery. To view the funeral, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88367423126.
Memorials are suggested to the Sisters of Saint Francis, Office of Mission Advancement, 1001 14th Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901.