In Memoriam: Sister Maria Alyse Vogel, ISSM
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June 30, 2014
November 17, 1927 - June 17, 2014
Sister Maria Alyse Vogel, ISSM, 86, passed away, Tuesday, June 17 in Rockport. She was born Nov. 17, 1927 in Steinfeld, Germany.
Sister Maria Alyse entered the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary on Nov. 3, 1951 and came to the United States in 1953.
She taught for several years at Sacred Heart School in Rockport and St. Lawrence School in San Antonio.
Her apostolic spirit called her to work at the Schoenstatt Center in Queretaro, Mexico for 34 years until 2007 when she returned to the United States to retire due to diminishing health.
One priest brother and one sister survive her.
A Rosary was prayed and a funeral Mass was celebrated at the Province House Chapel of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Rockport. She was laid to rest at the private cemetery of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary.