Ann Marie Scherman

Maple Mount Sister Ann Marie Scherman, 69, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Nov. 8, 2010, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 49th year of religious life. She was a native of Ottawa, Kan.
Sister Ann Marie was an Ursuline Sister of Paola (Kan.) until the merger of that community with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008. She ministered in Kansas and Missouri as a teacher for 26 years, then as a chaplain and health care worker for 18 more years before moving to Maple Mount in 2010.
Sister Ann Marie was an eternal optimist, known for her great kindnesses to the elderly who she loved to serve. She loved her family, and enjoyed opera, classical music, and her friend's chocolate Labrador Chloe.
Survivors include her sister, Mary E. Bradshaw, of Leander, Texas; two brothers, Ernie Scherman of Paola, Kan., and Jim Scherman of Bartlesville, Okla.,; nieces and nephews and the members of her religious community.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation will begin Thursday at 4 p.m., with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m. Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory Owensboro, is in charge of arrangements.
Gifts in memory of Sister Ann Marie may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.