Anna Marie Rhodes Scn

Anna Marie Rhodes, SCN

Nazareth - 90, (formerly Dorothy Jean) was born in Akron, OH. She died June 11, 2021 in Nazareth, KY. She was a professed Sister of Charity of Nazareth for 70 years.

Sister Anna Marie served in educational ministries, teaching fifth through eighth grades at several school in Kentucky, including: Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown; St. Anthony in Bellevue; and St. Martha in Louisville. She also taught at Holy Angels School in Maryland and Roanoke Catholic High School in Virginia.

She studied history at the University of North Carolina, earning a Ph.D. She taught history at Spalding University from 1971-2000. In 1994, Sister Anna Marie was named Kentucky Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Sister Anna Marie served her SCN Community at Nazareth Home in Louisville as a volunteer in Community Service starting in 2000. She continued to volunteer with the Congregation upon her move to the Nazareth Motherhouse in 2013. In recent years she would read to Sisters with vision problems and also assisted others with learning new technology, like Zoom.

She is survived by her identical twin sister, Mary Jane Rhodes, SCN, her sister Shirley Patterson, her brother Joseph Rhodes, by her extended family, and her religious community.

The wake for Sister Anna Marie Rhodes will be will be Monday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at. St. Vincent Church, Nazareth, KY. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday, June 15, 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Nazareth Cemetery. Memorials may be offered to Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY, 40048. Funeral Arrangements are being handled by Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home 1475 New Shepherdsville Road, Bardstown, KY 40004.