Sister Mary Laurene Yancovitz

ST. CATHARINE YANCOVITZ, SISTER MARY LAURENE, 91, a native of East Boston, MA, died Saturday, December 27, 2008 at St. Catharine Motherhouse, St. Catharine, KY. A Dominican for 74 years, Sister Mary Laurene graduated from St. Catharine Junior College, St. Catharine, KY with a degree in Education and English, from Manhattan College, New York City, NY with a degree in French, English and History and from Boston State College, Boston, MA with a degree in Guidance and Philosophy. Sister taught in elementary and high schools in Kentucky, Nebraska, Illinois, New York and Massachusetts. She served for 20 years as a missionary at Our Lady of the Prairies in Powers Lake, ND. Most recently she served in the Apostolate of Prayer at Sansbury Care Center and St. Catharine Motherhouse. Sister Mary Laurene is survived by her brother, Francis Yancovitz; and her sister, Alice Maider. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 2, 2009 at Sansbury Care Center Chapel, with burial in St. Catharine Motherhouse Cemetery. Visitation is 3 p.m. Thursday, January 1, 2009 at the Chapel. Hale-Polin-Robinson Funeral Home in Springfield, KY is handling the arrangements. Memorial donations may be sent to Dominican Sisters, Office for Ministry Support, 2645 Bardstown Road, St. Catharine, KY 40061-9435