Sister Constance Kuttenkuler

1936 - 2015

Sister Constance Kuttenkuler, CDP, 79, of McCandless, died peacefully Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, at Providence Heights. Sister Constance, formerly Sister M. Francis Gabriel, was born Aug. 20, 1936, in Tipton, Mo. She entered the Sisters of Divine Providence on Aug. 15, 1951, in St. Louis, Mo. Throughout her life, Sister Connie faithfully and joyfully served God as a teacher and principal, in several schools in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, Mo. (Ascension, Mt. Providence, and North American Martyrs,) Illinois (St Mary's-Brussels and Madison) and St. Pius, in Shreveport, La. In 1969, Sister Connie studied nursing and became a psychiatric technician at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Granite City, Ill. She later served as homecare provider and as part-time parish minister visiting the sick. Sister Connie studied sociology and education at St. Louis University and Marillac College and later she studied nursing at Southern Illinois University. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leo Joseph and Alice (Fallert) Kuttenkuler; and a brother, Thomas. She is survived by her sisters, Carolyn Barabour, Pat Moon and Joan Morelli, of Missouri.
Relatives and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Providence Heights with wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation will be from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday with Mass of Christian Burial at 3:30 p.m. in Divine Providence Chapel.
Memorial donations may be sent to Sisters of Divine Providence, 9000 Babcock Blvd., Allison Park, PA 15101. Arrangements entrusted to ANTHONY G. STAAB FUNERAL HOME INC. Visit us at www.staabfuneral.com.