Sister Catherine Sopko

SOPKO Sister Catherine Sister Catherine died on July 9, 2008, at 2:20 p.m., at St. Bernardine Home, Fremont, Ohio. Sister was born September 18, 1919, in Toledo, Ohio to George Sopko and Mary Stuller who were immigrants from Slovakia. Sister Catherine graduated from Catholic Central High School in 1938 and then entered the Sisters of Mercy in Dubuque, Iowa. While working for her B.A. and M.A. degrees, she taught in several elementary and secondary schools in Ohio. She then became the principal of St. Catherine's Elementary School and later McAuley High School in Toledo, Ohio. In 1976 after 34 years in education she went to work for the government in Washington, D.C. for 18 years. She worked for Title I Program for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). After this she returned to work at St. Charles Mercy Hospital where she organized the archives in preparation for the 50th anniversary in 2002. In 2005 she retired to St. Bernardine Home. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Edward, George and Joseph Sopko and 5 sisters, Therese Baters, Suzanne Mitchell, Mary Oravec, Veronica Sopko, Ann LeRoux and Helen Schuh. She is survived by a brother, Anthony Sopko and two sisters, Rosalie Terry and Ceil Kowalski. Visitation will be at St. Bernardine Home on Tuesday, July 15, 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. and will continue on Wednesday, July 16, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. with Mass of the Resurrection at 4:00 followed by burial in Our Lady of the Pines Cemetery. Keller-Ochs-Koch Funeral Directors are in charge of services. Memorials may be made to the Mercy Ministries fund or a charity of the donor's choice, c/o the funeral home.