Eleanor Lang

LANG, OP Sr. Eleanor (Thaddeus) Lang, Dominican Sister of Peace died Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Mohun Health Care Center. She was born in Greenville, Ohio, on June 22, 1917, to Clarence and Cora (Cooney) Lang. She entered the Novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of Peace (formerly St. Mary of the Springs) in Columbus in 1935 and made her Profession of Vows in 1937. Sr. Eleanor earned a BA from St. Mary of the Springs College (now Ohio Dominican University), an MA in German from Notre Dame University, and an MA in counseling from The Ohio State University. She had received a Fullbright Fellowship to study the German language in Germany in 1960. Sr. Eleanor taught in Connecticut, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, including a ten-year term teaching at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT (1953-63). In the Columbus Diocese, she taught at St. Mary High School, Marietta (1949-51) and St. Mary of the Springs College (now Ohio Dominican University) (1963-64); served as guidance counselor and taught German at Bishop Watterson High School (1968-77); and was an intake worker at Catholic Social Services for the Diocese (1977-84). After retiring from education, Sr. Eleanor continued ministering in counseling and spiritual direction, becoming involved in prison ministry to women and the Kairos movement. Sr. Eleanor was preceded in death by her sisters Carolyn Babcock and Rita Sweigart. She is survived by a brother, John (Evelyn) Lang of Honolulu, HI; a sister, Suzanne (Gene) Mowery of Richardson, TX; and many nieces and nephews. The viewing will be in the Columbus Motherhouse on Monday, November 21, from 3-4:30 p.m. Evening Prayer of Office for the Dead will take place at 4:45 p.m. that day, with the wake continuing until 7 p.m. The funeral liturgy will be on Tuesday at 9 a.m., followed by burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. Memorial gifts in Sr. Eleanor's memory may be sent to Dominican Sisters of Peace, 2320 Airport Drive, Columbus, OH 43219. For more information, see www.oppeace.org. Arrangements by EGAN-RYAN FUNERAL HOME, 403 E. Broad St.