Theresa Margaret Hite

Sister Theresa Margaret Hite, OSU

Maple Mount Sister Theresa Margaret Hite, 94, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died May 4, 2009, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 74th year of religious life.
A native of Browns Valley, she was born Mary Frances Hite, the daughter of the late Robert and Mary Margaret Knott Hite. Sister Theresa Margaret had a great love for small children, and was a very prayerful person, with a devotion to the apparitions of the Blessed Mother at Medjugorje. She was very artistic, making beautiful thank you scrolls for the sisters.
An educator for 47 years, she taught in Owensboro at Blessed Mother School in 1953. She also ministered in Mayfield, Paducah, and Leitchfield, in the Archdiocese of Louisville, and in Missouri and Nebraska. She retired to Mount Saint Joseph in 1994.
Survivors include nieces and nephews, and the members of her religious community.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 7, at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation will begin Wednesday at 4 p.m., with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m.
Glenn Funeral Home, Owensboro, is in charge of arrangements.
Gifts in memory of Sister Theresa Margaret Hite may take the form of donations to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.