Sister Mary Laurene Favre RSM

Sister was 104 years old and a Sister of Mercy for 87 years. Sister Mary Laurene entered Sisters of Mercy Community in Webster Groves, Missouri on September 8, 1933. Starting in 1936, Sister Mary Laurene was an elementary school teacher for forty-two years at schools in Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Eldorado, and Tontitown, Arkansas. She supervised the dietary department for two years at the Motherhouse in St. Louis, and spent eleven years at St. Joseph Hospital, Hot Springs in the Medical Records Department. Sister Mary Laurene has lived at Catherine McAuley Convent since 1992.

Sister was preceded in death by her parents, Leo and Josephine Ficker Favre, six brothers, Father Alphonse Favre, CSSP, Lee, Carl, John, Joe, and Peter (Pete) and four sisters, Sister Mary Winifred Favre, RSM, Sister Mary Frances, Katie, and Caroline. Sister is survived by many nieces, nephews and cousins and the members of her Mercy Community.

Funeral Mass will be on Friday 10/16/20. The funeral and burial will be private

Father William Elser will celebrate the Funeral Mass for his fifth-grade teacher per her request.