Sister Jolitta Konecny, RSM, 84, of St Louis, MO, passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 20, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born on Tuesday March 2, 1937 in Slovak, AR to the late John and Nora (McDowell) Konecny.
Sister Jolitta graduated from Mount St. Mary’s Academy in Little Rock, AR and entered the Sisters of Mercy Convent. She continued her education and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Education from Fontbonne College in Clayton, MO. She received a Master’s in Secondary Education from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR.
She returned to Mt. St. Mary’s in Little Rock where she taught and later was principal. She also was a bookkeeper and business office manager at Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, AR. She then was in pastoral care at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Sister Jolitta was preceded in death by her parents John and Nora Konecny; three brothers Sylvester, Leonard and John; and two sisters Helen and Christina.
Survivors are one brother, Joseph Konecny of Garland, TX; two sisters Bridget (Konecny) Piatkowski of Memphis, TN, and Juanita (Konecny) Butcher of Stuttgart, AR, and a host of nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 8:30am to 10:45am Friday, July 23 at Our Lady of Holy Souls in Little Rock, AR, followed by Mass at 11am. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Little Rock.
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