Sister Ruth Stahl

Stahl, SSND, SR. Ruth
Sister Ruth Stahl, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, died on May 5, 2013 at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, CT at age 83. Ruth Marie Stahl was born on Sept.15, 1930, in Irvington, N.J. the daughter of Harry and Mary Louise (Rebstock) Stahl.
After pronouncing her vows as a School Sister of Notre Dame in 1951, Sister began teaching at St. Michael School in Rochester, N.Y. In the years that followed, she taught in Catholic Schools in New Jersey and New York. Sister also taught at Holy Family School in Fairfield, Conn. After retiring in 2002 and moving to Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Sister Ruth volunteered as a tutor for two years at St. Aloysius School in nearby New Canaan, Conn. She moved to Lourdes Health Care Center in 2010. Sister Ruth is survived by a sister, Mary Stahl Bell, of Manchester, N.J.; a brother, William Stahl, and his wife, Kathleen, of Warren, N.J.; and a sister-in-law, Judie Stahl, of Bridgewater, N.J. She is also mourned by many nieces, nephews and cousins and their families and her community, the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Friends may call at Villa Notre Dame, 345 Belden Hill Road Wilton, on Tuesday, May 7 from 2 to 6 p.m. A Christian wake service will be held at 6 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 8 at 10 am in the Chapel at Villa Notre Dame. Burial will follow at St. Mary Cemetery, Bethel, Conn. Inquiries may be directed to Bracken-Donovan-Spodnick Funeral Home, Bridgeport.
Memorial contributions may be made to the School Sisters of Notre Dame, Atlantic Midwest Province c/o Mission Advancement Office, 345 Belden Hill Road, Wilton CT, 06897.