Obituary: Sister Barbara Anderson, SL, 87, Nerinx

SR. BARBARA ANDERSON SL

Sister Barbara Anderson, SL, 87, of Nerinx, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary. She was born Jan. 23, 1930, in Springfield, Mass. to the late Karl Erie (K.E.) Walter Anderson and Edna Victoria Clow Anderson Munsell. She entered religious life in 1968 and received her final vows in 1977. She earned master’s degrees in Religious Education from Hartford Seminary Foundation in Connecticut and the University of California. She earned a master’s degree in Education from University of Arizona and a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Graduate Theological Union in California. Her assignments were located in California, Missouri and Arizona.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2017, at the Loretto Motherhouse Church, 515 Nerinx Road, Nerinx. Burial is in the Motherhouse Cemetery.

A wake will be held at 6:30 PM Tuesday at the Motherhouse.

Mattingly Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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