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Maurice Pacheco Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 28, 2011.

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SISTER MAURICE MARIE PACHECO, SSCJ

Sister Maurice Marie was born on September 29, 1925 in Cimarron, New Mexico. She was the seventh of eight children. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and was perpetually professed in 1956. Sister taught science and biology for many years at Mount Sacred Heart School for Boys and Mount Sacred Heart Aspirancy. In 1981 she was called to open a new mission in the outskirts of Mexico City with two companions. She visited homes, animated prayer groups and liturgies. In 1984 she was asked to help out in the Formation house in Mexico City. In addition to this she continued to serve the people by forming leaders for catechism classes, prayer groups and other parish activities. She is still fondly remembered by so many people in Mexico City. She left there due to poor health in 1999. Most recently she had been a resident of St. Francis Nursing Home in San Antonio, TX. We thank the Seraphic Sisters and the staff at St. Francis for their care of our sister. Sr. Maurice is preceded in death by her parents, Juan de Jesus Pacheco and Amalia Fernandez, her sisters, Juanita, Sr. Vincent, Josefita, and her brothers, Faustin, Manuel Jose and Ferdinando. She is survived by her sister Marie Pacheco Rodriguez, and numerous nieces and nephews. A rosary at The Angelus Funeral Home will be recited on Thursday, December 29 at 6:30p.m. Liturgy of the Resurrection will be at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Friday, December 30, at 10:30a.m. Interment will be at the cemetery of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Heart to Heart Fund, which supports the mission and services of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 11931 Radium Street, San Antonio, TX, 78216. Arrangements by:

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December 30, 2011

Sister Maurice was my Daddy's sister and I grew up knowing her only as a happy and joyful nun. I always think of her and Sister Vincent in one thought. She went into the convent when I was little and my first memory of her was when they came to visit my Grampa and Grandma on the farm. She always sent birthday cards and Christmas cards and remembered the sweet baby Jesus. It is only fitting that she went to meet Him on his birthday. What a sweet and wonderful lady she was...full of joy and happiness and would literally give the clothes off her back to someone who needed them worse than she. Will miss you Sister Maurice. I love you.
Julia Pacheco Chavez, Albuquerque, NM

December 29, 2011

My Dear Aunt Sister Maurice was a very beautiful and "spunky" lady that I will treasure forever in my heart! She was very loving by nature and had the most beautiful singing voice!She always called me by my nickname "Petunia"! She was very good about writing letters and cards every year for Christmas and birthdays, and remembered everyone by name in her letters! I will miss her and her laughter!Happy "graduation day" Sister Maurice!! I love you!!!
Anna (Petunia) Pacheco Robinson
Las Cruces, New Mexico

December 29, 2011

Sister Maurice is my Aunt and I have so many fond and beautiful memories . She was also a fellow Oblate Missionary in Mexico soon after I was there as a medical missionary with the Oblate Priests of Mary Immaculate. We shared many special times in talking about our adventures. She was a very uplifting, happy and most spiritual person I met the priest with whom she worked in Mexico City and took him a set of eating utensils one year at her request. She was so excited for him to receive this gift. She worked as a Missionary in Moro Masatan, Mexico, and experienced the very hot and very humid weather there and still loved being there and worked with Father Gerry Kapustka, OMI, while there. I always loved her positivity and happy nature and loved her wonderful spirituality. She was extremely in love with Jesus .
I will miss her visits and happy face and her beautiful singing voice. She sent me birthday cards every year and even called me on my cell phone to wish me happy birthdays, Olivia Pacheco Huggins, Niece, Atlanta , Georgia.

Marietta Rodriguez

December 28, 2011

We were very saddened to learned about Sr. Maurice's passing. Sr. Maurice's spirit will live in all of us.

Sr. Maurice and her family will be in our thoughts and prayers, much love, Eloisa and Marietta Rodriguez and Michelle, Valentin and MIcaela Varela