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Sister Christian Marie Ehrhardt

1949 - 2017

BORN

1949

DIED

2017

Christian Ehrhardt Obituary

Name: Visitation for Sister Christian Marie Ehrhardt
Start: 2017-11-27T23:30:00.000Z
End: 2017-11-28T02:00:00.000Z
Location: SSND Motherhouse Chapel

QUINCY -- Sister Christian Marie (Carol Wilfrieda) Ehrhardt, 68, formerly of Quincy, died Nov. 22, 2017, at the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) Motherhouse in Saint Louis.

Sister Christian was born June 29, 1949, to Wilbur and Florence (Mast) Ehrhardt in Quincy.

Carol attended St. Peter Elementary School and Notre Dame High School in Quincy. She enjoyed Girl Scouts and 4-H Club and in high school was president of the Notre Dame Chapter of the National Honor Society. After entering the School Sisters of Notre Dame on Aug. 24, 1967, she continued her education and earned her BA from Notre Dame College in St. Louis and engaged in graduate studies at St. Mary University in San Antonio.

At reception, Carol received the name Christian Marie. She was professed Jan. 1, 1970.

Sister Christian Marie always was a teacher, at heart and by profession. She was missioned to schools in Quincy, Spanish Lake, Mo., East Los Angeles, Calif., Tulare, Calif., Merced, Calif., Hazelwood, Mo., East St. Louis, Kyoto, Japan, and Dardenne Prairie, Mo. For a time she also was a pastoral minister in Centerville.

In 2001, in Urbana, Sister Christian Marie responded to an emerging call from people desiring to upgrade their basic English skills, and so she began her ministry/business of teaching English as a second language. Her students were primarily Asian professors and students at the University of Illinois and their children. When Skype was invented, she used that tool to reach students around the world and continued reaching out to adults and children in many countries until shortly before her death.

Christian enjoyed living with people of diverse backgrounds, learning their cultures, and especially trying recipes and savoring foods from various cultures. One of the highlights of her life was studying biblical archeology for five weeks in the Holy Land.

She was especially grateful to the many SSND teachers who mentored her through the years, notably Sisters Elbert Oelkers, Oda Schmidle, Carleen Reck, Catherine Sienna Mossinghoff and others. Their influence continues to be felt around the globe.

She was grateful to Sue Ehrhardt, Ethel Myers and Sister Lois Martins, SSND, for the compassionate care given to her during her last months.

Sister Christian is survived by three sisters, Joyce Varner of Tahlequah, Okla., Sister Wilmarie, OSB, of Clyde, Mo., and Sue Ehrhardt of St. Louis; two brothers, Dr. Melvin Ehrhardt of Simpson and Stephen (Linda) Ehrhardt of Rock Island. She will be remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Florence; her brother, Frederick; and her brother-in-law, Dr. Donald Varner.

SERVICES: A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the SSND Motherhouse Chapel on Ripa.

VISITATION: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27, also at the chapel.

MEMORIALS: School Sisters of Notre Dame, 320 E. Ripa Ave., St. Louis, MO 63125.

ARRANGEMENTS: Kutis Funeral Home in St. Louis.

Condolences may be expressed online at whig.com.

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Published by Herald-Whig from Nov. 26 to Nov. 28, 2017.

Memories and Condolences
for Christian Ehrhardt

8 Entries

Sue Rodriguez

November 28, 2017

Sr. Christian was a dear, dear friend throughout high school and it was wonderful to see her at our 50th high school reunion. I'll miss her kindness and compassion for others and most of all, her dear self. Prayers continue for her family. Sue (Middendorf) Rodriguez

Linda Niehaus Etzkorn

November 28, 2017

I send my prayers to all the Ehrhardt family for your loss; may Carol rest in peace with God. We were friends in high school and often walaked from Notre Dame to her house and my work at Gem City Pizzeria, and though we lost touch after that, I have never forgotten her. She was a wonderful individual.

Mary Eckhardt

November 27, 2017

So glad that I was able to see Sr. Christian at our 50th high school reunion this summer. She will be missed.

November 27, 2017

Sr. Christian was my aunt, and I have many fond memories of her growing up. She was the first to hand me a C.S. Lewis book, one memorable night we stayed in the convent with her. She really touched me one time by taking a true moment to let me know how much she enjoyed having my dad as a brother in law and how much she admired the family he and my mother had made.
Sr. Christian loved to play cards, most notably in the past few years Nertz, a card game requiring both a nimble mind and nimble fingers. Family get togethers usually involved her trouncing everyone at the table, including all those much younger and nimbler. I admired her sense of humor, her intelligence and her mind open to a world of ideas.

Trudy and Jerry Dreier

November 27, 2017

Sr. Christian did touch many lives. I'm so glad we all got to see her at our class reunion in July.

November 27, 2017

I am so sorry for your great loss. May the God who "binds up the brokenhearted" and "comforts all who mourn" (Isaiah 61:1, 2) sustain your family during this challenging time. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy.

November 27, 2017

To the Family: We don't know what to say except that we love you. We can't understand exactly how you feel, but God does and will keep raising you up. We hope that our prayers will help a little.

Steve & Sue Hull

November 26, 2017

Dear Ehrhardt Family,

Please accept our condolences on the passing of your sister Carol. Our loss is Heaven's gain. I am sure she is up there with that ever present smile looking down on us and wishing she could tell us how beautiful it is. Please accept God's comforting Love and Embrace during your time of sorrow, but also celebrate the fact that she is no longer suffering.

Carol and I worked together at Gem City Pizzeria. We became good friends and I must say that she deserves much credit for me meeting my wife. She helped me through a difficult time in my life. She has been a special friend of our family for so many years it is hard to remember. Sue and I loved her and will miss her. She would always contact us when she was in Quincy and we would get together whenever possible. She will be missed by many people.

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