Individual Details
Marie Cuthbert Zwilling Sr.
(May 6, 1906 - November 5, 2008)
Sister Marie (Cuthbert) Zwilling, 102
St. Joseph, May 6, 1906 - Nov. 5, 2008
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the Sacred Heart Chapel, Saint Benedicts Monastery, St. Joseph, for Sister Marie (Cuthbert) Zwilling, who died on November 5, 2008, at Saint Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call at Saint Scholastica Convent on Friday, November 7, 2008, from 1-6 p.m. or for a Vigil Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at Saint Benedicts Monastery. Visitation continues at 9 a.m. until the time of the funeral on Saturday, November 8, at 11 a.m. at Saint Benedicts Monastery.
S. Marie was born May 6, 1906, to Nick and Clara (Fruth) Zwilling in Collegeville, Minn. She attended grade school in rural Collegeville and Saint Benedicts High School in St. Joseph. She entered Saint Benedicts Monastery on August 24, 1923. On June 18, 1925, she was received into the novitiate as Sister Cuthbert. Her first monastic profession was on July 11, 1926, and perpetual profession on July 11, 1929. In 1968 she resumed the use of her baptismal name Marie. At the College of Saint Benedict, S. Marie earned a degree in elementary education. She went on to further studies at Moorhead State College, St. Cloud State University, Diocesan Teachers College and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn. For many years she ministered as principal and/or teacher in Wadena; Waite Park; Holy Angels and St. Peters in St. Cloud; Albany; and at St. Josephs and St. Marys Basilica in Minneapolis. She also served as librarian at the College of Saint Benedict and at Saint Benedicts Monastery. She moved to Saint Scholastica Convent on November 5, 2002.
Sr. Marie is survived by her Benedictine community and two sisters (Therese Lambert and Helen Middendorf).
She was preceded in death by five brothers (Math, John, Aloys, Joseph and Celestine) and three sisters: (Frances Steichen, Elizabeth [S. Berchmans, OSB] and Margaret Hoeschen). Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict www.sbm.osb.org
St. Joseph, May 6, 1906 - Nov. 5, 2008
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2008, at the Sacred Heart Chapel, Saint Benedicts Monastery, St. Joseph, for Sister Marie (Cuthbert) Zwilling, who died on November 5, 2008, at Saint Scholastica Convent, St. Cloud. Burial will be in the monastery cemetery. Friends may call at Saint Scholastica Convent on Friday, November 7, 2008, from 1-6 p.m. or for a Vigil Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at Saint Benedicts Monastery. Visitation continues at 9 a.m. until the time of the funeral on Saturday, November 8, at 11 a.m. at Saint Benedicts Monastery.
S. Marie was born May 6, 1906, to Nick and Clara (Fruth) Zwilling in Collegeville, Minn. She attended grade school in rural Collegeville and Saint Benedicts High School in St. Joseph. She entered Saint Benedicts Monastery on August 24, 1923. On June 18, 1925, she was received into the novitiate as Sister Cuthbert. Her first monastic profession was on July 11, 1926, and perpetual profession on July 11, 1929. In 1968 she resumed the use of her baptismal name Marie. At the College of Saint Benedict, S. Marie earned a degree in elementary education. She went on to further studies at Moorhead State College, St. Cloud State University, Diocesan Teachers College and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn. For many years she ministered as principal and/or teacher in Wadena; Waite Park; Holy Angels and St. Peters in St. Cloud; Albany; and at St. Josephs and St. Marys Basilica in Minneapolis. She also served as librarian at the College of Saint Benedict and at Saint Benedicts Monastery. She moved to Saint Scholastica Convent on November 5, 2002.
Sr. Marie is survived by her Benedictine community and two sisters (Therese Lambert and Helen Middendorf).
She was preceded in death by five brothers (Math, John, Aloys, Joseph and Celestine) and three sisters: (Frances Steichen, Elizabeth [S. Berchmans, OSB] and Margaret Hoeschen). Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict www.sbm.osb.org
Events
| Birth | May 6, 1906 | Collegeville Twp., MN | |||
| Death | November 5, 2008 | St. Joseph, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Father | Nicholas Zwilling (1870 - 1955) |
| Mother | Clara Fruth (1877 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Margaret Katherine Zwilling (1896 - 1976) |
| Sibling | Frances Zwilling (1898 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Mathias Zwilling (1900 - 1988) |
| Sibling | John Zwilling (1902 - 1961) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Berchmans OSB Zwilling Sr. (1904 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Aloys Zwilling (1910 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Helen Zwilling |
| Sibling | Theresa Zwilling |
| Sibling | Joseph Zwilling (1917 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Celestine Michael Zwilling (1920 - 2001) |