Marita Greenwell

Sister Marita Greenwell, 85, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died June 21 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 65th year of religious life. She was a native of Rhodelia.
Sister Marita was an inspiration to so many people, first as an encouraging music teacher, and then as the leader of the Contemporary Woman Program at Brescia College/University, a revolutionary self-esteem building program for women which she directed for 32 years (1973-2005).
She was a teacher at St. Martin School, Rome (1948-52), Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Maple Mount (1960-68), Blessed Mother School (1954), Immaculate School (1970-71), and Brescia College (1971-73) in Owensboro. She was co-director of the Ursuline Associate program from 1996-2002. She was also a music teacher elsewhere in Kentucky, and in Affton, Mo.
Survivors include her sister, Dorothy Hughes of Elizabethtown, 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 Marita may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.