(1936-2025)

Jeanne Marie Stickling came into the world on December 5, 1936, on the family farm near Itasca, Illinois. She was the youngest child of Herman Leo and Louise (Lowe) Stickling, joining thirteen-year-old Betty, ten-year-old Leo, and 18-month-old Maryann.

The family moved twice during Jeanne’s childhood, first to a farm near Elgin, Illinois, when she was three years old, and then into Elgin itself, where her father worked in a factory, when she was in fifth grade. In Elgin, she and Maryann attended St. Mary School, and it was here that she first met the Adrian Dominican Sisters.

That connection to the Congregation continued at St. Edward High School, also in Elgin. “I was drawn to the happiness and kindness of the Sisters,” Sister Jeanne wrote in her autobiography, and in her senior year she decided to enter. Her family supported her choice, and in June 1954, not long after she graduated from high school, her parents and both sisters drove her to Adrian to become a postulant.

When the next school year began, she was sent to St. Gabriel School in Detroit to teach third grade for a short time, returning to Adrian in December to begin her canonical novitiate year. She received the religious name Sister Louis Anthony at her reception into the novitiate.

After making profession on New Year’s Eve 1955, she and a number of her temporary-professed compatriots remained in Adrian for study at Siena Heights College (University). Her first teaching assignment, in August 1956, was to St. Bridget School in Detroit, but after three weeks there, she was switched to St. James School in Miami, Florida, so that another Sister could be nearer to her ill mother in Detroit.

Read more about Sister Jeanne (PDF)

Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI, 49221. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Anderson-Marry Funeral Home, Adrian.

Sister's Memorial Card (PDF)

Vigil and Funeral Recordings

Note: To view recordings with closed captioning, they must be viewed on our public video library rather than through the links below.

Recording of Sister Jeanne's Vigil Service - After clicking the link, download the recording by right-clicking on the video choosing "Save video as." Worship Aid (PDF)

Recording of Sister Jeanne's Funeral Mass - After clicking the link, download the recording by right-clicking on the video choosing "Save video as." Worship Aid (PDF)

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