Mary Rita Lavigne

Maple Mount " Sister Mary Rita Lavigne, 93, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Sept. 17, 2015, in Owensboro, in her 62nd year of religious life. A native of Topeka, Kan., she enjoyed playing the piano by ear.
Sister Rita was an Ursuline Sister of Paola, Kan., prior to that community's 2008 merger with the Ursulines of Mount Saint Joseph. She was a teacher in Kansas, using her acumen for business to help her students. Sister Rita was business administrator for the Lakemary Center in Paola, which serves adults and children with developmental disabilities, from 1969-87. Sister Rita moved to Maple Mount on June 1, 2009, and served in the community archives until her death.
Survivors include a brother, Harry Lavigne of Des Moines, Iowa, nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation will begin Sunday at 4 p.m., with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m. Burial will be in the convent cemetery.
Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Owensboro, is in charge of arrangements.
Gifts in memory of Sister Rita may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.