Sr. Constance Kuttenkuler, CDP

Age 79, of McCandless Twp., died peacefully at Providence Heights on November 15, 2015. Sr. Constance (formerly Sr. M. Francis Gabriel) was born August 20, 1936 in Tipton, MO. She entered the Sisters of Divine Providence on August 15, 1951 in St. Louis Missouri. Throughout her life Sr. Connie faithfully and joyfully served God as a teacher and principal, in several schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO.( Ascension, Mount Providence, and North American Martyrs,) Illinois ( St Mary's – Brussels and Madison) and St. Pius in Shreveport LA. In 1969 Sr. Connie studied nursing and became a psychiatric technician at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Granite City, Illinois. She later served as homecare provider, and as part -time parish minister visiting the sick. Sr. Connie studied sociology and education at St. Louis University and Marillac College and later she studied nursing at Southern Illinois University. She is preceded in death by her parents Leo Joseph and Alice (Fallert) Kuttenkuler, and a brother Thomas. She is survived by her sisters Carolyn Barabour, Pat Moon and Joan Morelli of Missouri. Relatives and friends will be received at Providence Heights on Tuesday 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. with Wake Service at 7 p.m. Visitation on Wednesday from 12–3 p.m. with Mass of Christian Burial at 3:30 p.m. in Divine Providence Chapel. Memorial donations may be sent to Sisters of Divine Providence, 9000 Babcock Blvd., Allison Park, PA. 15101.