Sister Jean Streibig

OBITUARY: Sr. Jean Streibig Sister Jean Streibig, formerly known as Sister Marie Imogene, age 79, died peacefully at McAuley Convent in Merion, PA on October 28, 2017 surrounded by her family, closest friends and community members. Sister Jean is survived by her sister, Dolores Di Giacomo and her brother, Charles Streibig, her nieces and nephews, a grand-niece and grand-nephews and a great-grandniece. Sister Jean was raised in Philadelphia by Charles Francis Striebig and Alice Genevieve Kroouze. She attended Holy Family Elementary School and Little Flower High School. After high school, she entered the Sisters of Mercy, December 8, 1955. Sr. Jean's history of Ministry included many successful years in Elementary and Secondary education. She taught middle grades in Mater Misericordia Academy, St. John Baptist de La Salle in Shillington PA and St. Paul in Allentown. Her high school career spanned from 1962 to 2003 at Little Flower High School, Philadelphia, PA, Merion Mercy Academy, Merion PA, Archbishop Prendergast High School, Drexel Hill PA and Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, PA. From 2003-2011, she assumed the role of Administrative Assistant at Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School. She was loved and much appreciated by students and faculty alike and kept in touch with many over the years. She was always known to be kind, generous of spirit, with a compelling presence toward each person she met. When she left her career in Education, she moved to The Convent of Mercy, Merion PA and worked as Support Staff. She was always willing to give of herself in any way needed serving her sisters with compassion, kindness and a merciful spirit. Among her many beautiful qualities were her very welcoming smile, her gentle kindness, her deep sense of presence to others, and her profound prayerfulness and trust in God. In her final years, Sister Jean was called to witness to God's faithful love in her acceptance of declining health. She suffered daily, yet remained centered in gratitude for all God had given her and always maintained a sense of trust that God would take care of her. Let us thank God for her life and prayer for her eternal rest in the arms of our loving God. Relatives and friends are invited to a Viewing, Thursday, November 2, 2017, 6 pm, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 7 pm in the Chapel at the Convent of Mercy, 515 Montgomery Avenue, Merion Station, PA 19066. Burial will be in the Community Cemetery on November 3, 2017 at 10 am.