Sister Helen

Alt Sr., Jerome R. On August 30, 2002, JEROME ROBERT ALT, SR., of Woodbine, beloved husband of Joan Charlotta OKeefe Alt; dear son of the late Frederick George and Alice Pheiss Alt, devoted father of Jerome Jerry Alt Jr., Frederick G. Alt, Joseph Roland Alt and Katherine Ann Kessler; loving father-in-law of Susan Alt, Donna Pomanio-Alt and Guy Kessler; dearest brother of Michael, Thomas and Joseph Alt, Alice Ann Krueger, and the late Elizabeth Capo and...

Sister Francis Helen Lewandowski, a member of the Sisters of Bon Secours and a retired registered nurse, died of undetermined causes Nov. 17 at her order's provincial house in Marriottsville. She had celebrated her 100th birthday earlier this year. Anna Elinor Lewandowski was born and raised in Baltimore. She was an Eastern High School graduate and earned her nursing degree from St. Agnes Hospital School of Nursing. Sister Helen Francis entered the Sisters of Bon Secours in 1934 and professed her vows in 1937.

Sister Helen Prejean was living in a New Orleans housing project, ministering to poor, black families and teaching high school dropouts, when she received an invitation in 1982 to write to a death row inmate. The Roman Catholic nun accepted, viewing the task as an extension of her work with the poor. Her two-year relationship as a spiritual adviser to convicted murderer Elmo Patrick Sonnier, prisoner No. 95281 on Louisiana's death row, became the basis for her widely acclaimed memoir, Dead Man Walking.

On December 27, 2005, SISTER MARY HELEN FELLENZ, S.S.N.D.; beloved member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Dear daughter of the late Marie (nee Bongner) and Mathias Fellenz; survived by cousins in Missouri. Dear friend of Katherine Kane of Baltimore. Sister Mary Helen Fellenz donated her body to science. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at a later date. Due notice will be given. Contributions in memory of Sr. Mary Helen Fellenz may be made to the School Sisters of Notre Dame, 6401 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21212.

Sister Helen Amos is this year celebrating her 50th anniversary of coming to Baltimore and her 50th year as a Sister of Mercy and is helping to lead an important effort to end or sharply reduce homelessness in the city over the next 10 years. Born in Mobile, Ala., she came here to become a novitiate with the Sisters of Mercy at Mount St. Agnes College, which in those days was on a hillside in Mount Washington. She later taught for a while in Georgia and lived in Silver Spring for eight years when she was president of the Sisters of Mercy.

An article yesterday did not note who runs Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville. In 1985, the Dominican Sisters from the Congregation of St. Cecilia in Nashville, Tenn., took over the school. Today, there are seven nuns among the 50-member faculty and staff, headed by Sister Helen Marie.The Sun regrets the error.Pub Date: 10/25/96

On March 14, 2004, RUTH A.; beloved mother of William C. Brown. She is also survived by one sister, Helen Coles, one brother, John Washington and three nieces, one nephew, devoted friends; James Welbourne and Evelyn Thomas and other relatives. The family will receive friends at JAMES A. MORTON & SONS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., 1701 Laurens St., Friday, 11:30 to 12 noon followed by services. Interment in Meadow Ridge Cemetery.

On June 18, 2003, ALBERT PAUL BOONE passed away. He was 78. Mr. Boone never married. He is survived by a brother, Leonard Boone of Oella, MD and a sister, Rose Doetsch of Fairless Hills, PA. He was preceded in death by a brother, Fred Boone and a sister, Helen Choyce, both of Ellicott city. Please direct inquiries to Slack Funeral Home, P.A., 410-465-4400 or www.slackfuneralhome.com

Jean B. Rodgers, who had been an officer in the League of Women Voters in Baltimore City and Dorchester County, died Sunday at the William Hill Health Care Center in Cambridge after a long illness.She was 89 and lived in the Dorchester town of Woolford.Services for Mrs. Rodgers were being held today at Old Trinity Episcopal Church in Church Creek.She is survived by a daughter, Margaret Ellen Rak of Vienna, Va.; a son, Kirk Procter Rodgers of Falls Church, Va.; a sister, Helen B. Overington of Waynesboro, Pa.; a brother, Dr. A. Kirkland Besley of New Knoxville, Ohio; and four grandchildren.