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Sister Rosella Nachtwey - Beloved Sister, Teacher, Friend
 Sister Rosella Nachtwey, 86, died February 14, 2010. Her favorite song was The Rose and so it seemed fitting that she would go to heaven on Valentine’s Day. Sister Rosella was born April 11, 1923 in Menominee, MI to Mary Ellen (Pallado) and Francis Nachtwey. She entered the community of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross in 1940 and celebrated her diamond jubilee in 2001.
Sister Rosella loved her many years as a primary teacher in the Green Bay Diocese at St. Matthew, Green Bay; Meeme, Casco, Darboy, Howard, Institute, Denmark, De Pere, WI, and at St. Anthony, Columbus, TX. Each student was special to her. She kept the students’ names in her “little black book” making updates when she heard news from or about them. She taught summer school for many years at Lincoln School, De Pere and the Sacred Heart Center, Oneida. In her mid-fifties, Sister Rosella suffered an aneurysm that left her right severely paralyzed. With great effort, she learned to talk, write, and walk again. Upon retirement to the motherhouse in 1978, she was able to tutor students at St. Boniface, De Pere and Holy Cross, Bay Settlement. Sister will be remembered for her love of community, teaching, prayer, nature (specially watching birds at the feeders), four-leaf clovers and roses of all sorts.
Sister Rosella is survived by her sister-in-law Judith (James) Nachtwey, nieces and nephews, and the members and Associates of her Community, especially her classmates Sister Mary Bede Piotrowski, Sister Jeanette Peplinski, Sister Mary Grace Peters, and Sister Urban Schumacher. She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, Ralph, James, Francis and Lawrence and sisters-in-laws Joan, Louise and Catherine.
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