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Agatha Fitzgerald Obituary
Sister Agatha (Mary Jean) Fitzgerald, OSU died peacefully at Mt. Notre Dame Health Care Center on February 22, 2025, at the age of 96. She was a beloved member of the Ursulines of Brown County for 79 years. Sister Agatha is the dear sister of James Fitzgerald (Leslie), Ellen Fitzgerald McCallum Mitchell (the late Jim), and Ann Fitzgerald Riazzi (Carmen). She is the cherished aunt of many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marguerite and James Fitzgerald.
The Mass of celebration of Sr. Agatha's life will be celebrated at Mount Notre Dame Health Care Center Chapel on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM followed by Mass.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Chapel in St. Martin, Ohio on Monday, March 3, 2025, at 10:30 AM. Immediately followed by the burial in the Ursuline Cemetery on the Chatfield Edge property in St. Martin, Ohio.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mt. Notre Dame Health Center at 699 E. Columbia Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45215; The Sister Agatha Scholarship Fund of The Chatfield Edge at 20918 St. Rt. 251, Fayetteville, Ohio 45118; or Ursulines of Brown County 20860 St. Rt. 251, Fayetteville, Ohio 45118.
E.C. Nurre Funeral Home, Bethel, Ohio serving the family.
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Cynthia Greene Furland
April 1, 2025
Sister Agatha, you were an outstanding woman of faith and an inspiration for me and so many other young women at BCU. You were the first person who met my mom and I at the front door of BCU. You had a welcoming and beautiful smile which made this very shy girl feel at ease with my new surroundings....and for that I am truly thankful. Sister Agatha, you were a true Blessing...We will All miss you. We love you... Rest in peace.
Rita
March 8, 2025
I have vivid memories of an extraordinary woman. As a foreign student who didn´t know english her welcoming and sweet smile made me feel confortable. lLoved her art class. Could be there for hours. She was patient, encouraing, praising our work. Forever in my heart. I will see you again Sister!!
Rita from Guatemala
Theresa Vogel Crouch
March 8, 2025
Theresa Vogel Crouch
March 7, 2025
Sister Agatha was a taskmaster for sure for us teenage girls at the School of the Brown County Ursulines! I attended during the mid60s, during a turbulent time for our country, including a year during which my father served in Vietnam with USAF in 1968. There were several girls there whose father had died there, although I did not know this until many years later when I attended reunions there more than 30 years after I had been a student. I remember many letters back and forth from my father using an APO address in San Francisco, although I did not know exactly where my father was during that time. He did not speak of his time there much, even when he was dying in 2000. The boarding school kept many of us insulated from this chaotic time for our nation, when several assassinations of prominent individuals occurred. However, the Ursulines nuns cared for us then, and I will be forever thankful for their teaching and caring for us, and who took the place of our parents for many of us. I did not graduate from BCU, but of the three high schools I attended, the School of the Brown County Ursulines was the most influential in forming my future character. God bless Sister Agatha and the Ursulines of Brown County!
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