Jean Richard Stukenholtz

Maple Mount Sister Jean Richard Stukenholtz, 89, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Sept. 8 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 70th year of religious life.
A native of Nebraska City, Neb., she was an educator for 49 years in Kentucky, New Mexico and Nebraska, including at St. Elizabeth, Curdsville (1955) and St. Anthony, Browns Valley (1956). Sister Jean Richard was a lifelong learner and a very spiritual person. She always had a smile on her face and a desire to help those in need.
Survivors include four sisters, Rosemary Anna Nelson, Renton, Wash., Leora Kuwitzky, Seattle, Wash.; Joan Meyer, Avoca, Neb.; and Kathleen Stukenholtz, Nebraska City; and two brothers, Lou Stukenholtz, Peru, Neb.; and Carl Stukenholtz, Perry, Iowa. Also surviving are nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation will begin Tuesday 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 Jean Richard Stukenholtz may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.