Remembering Sr. Anthony Baechle

September 21, 1929  – April 17, 2024

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Obituary

Sr. Mary Anthony of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was born in St. Louis, MO on September 21, 1929. Her parents, Odile (Fallert) and Henry Baechle, named her Elizabeth. She was the sister of Sally and Charles (both deceased).

She entered the Franciscan Sisters, Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, the Wheaton Franciscans, in 1952 and following formation she professed her final vows in 1958. Over the breadth of her years she ministered, via various ministries, among the people living in Denver, CO, Milwaukee, WI, Waterloo, IA, Cape Girardeau, MO, St. Louis, MO, and at multiple times and in various ways in Wheaton, IL.

In, with, and through all her ministerial services, in the many areas where the Wheaton Franciscans served, Sr. Anthony, like her patron saint St. Anthony, faithfully helped the lost to be found and revealed the love of the Christ Child. One of her many ministerial services was as an x-ray technician. She seems to have had eyes for gazing into both the hearts of Jesus and Mary and the hearts of all whom she encountered and observed. All this gazing was accompanied by her silent presence to the hearts of all God’s creatures.

Sr. Anthony was a silently saintly observer that we, her Sisters in Community, believe will always benevolently gaze over us with love. So like our Foundress, Mother M. Clara Pfaender, Sr. Anthony now breathes blessings upon us. Eternally her memory will invite us to:

LET LOVE BE OUR QUEEN!