Marian Magazine - Marian High School

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Former Marian principal and Servant of
Mary, Sr. Mary Adolorata Watson, died in
June just two days after her 95th birthday.
Margaret Christine Watson was reared in
Madison, N.J., but spent most of her adult
life in the Midlands.
She received a bachelor’s degree from the
College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.,
and worked at a number of jobs before
entering the Order of the Servants of Mary
in 1941.
Sister Adolorata began teaching at Omaha’s
Holy Name High School in 1943, and
returned from 1946 to 1951 after teaching in
Iowa and Colorado. While teaching, she also
received a master’s degree in English from
Creighton University.
She returned to Holy Name as principal from
1966 to ‘69. Sister Adolorata was principal of
Marian from 1969 to 1975.
After earning a master’s degree in theology
from Boston College, she worked as an adult
education director and resource theologian
from 1976 to ‘79 in Kearney, NE, and from
1979 to ‘86 in Des Moines.
She became convent archivist in 1986.
In retirement, she was active in
Toastmasters and as a docent at Joslyn Art
Museum.
Watson also held positions as president
of the Nebraska Council of Teachers of
English, secretary of the Omaha Association
of Secondary Independent Schools and
secretary of the Omaha Archdiocesan
Board of Education. She also served on the
Nebraska Education Department English
Advisory Council and its Instructional TV
Advisory Council.
Marian will forever remember Sr. Adolorata
for her commitment to the education of the
young women of Marian.
Please remember in your prayers
Dianne Jackson
Fink ’67, sister of Sheri
Jackson Taylor ’73
Stephanie Goodrich ’76,
sister of Cheryl Goodrich
Goplen ’73 and Margaret
Goodrich ’71
Kathleen Bremser
Petersen ‘60
Sommer LeBron ’04,
sister of Heather LeBron
Palma ’01 and Lacy
LeBron ’07, niece of
Melanie LeBron Klug
‘72, Candace LeBron
Brady ‘73, Deirdre
LeBron Dasenbrock ‘76,
cousin of Carissa LeBron
‘99, Suzette LeBron ‘01,
Serenna LeBron ‘04 and
Catrina LeBron ‘06
Joan Agosta, mother of Jean Agosta Harrell ’71
James Ahern, brother of Barbara Ahern Postert ’71
Johanna Anderson, mother of Michaella
Johnson ’89
Loretta Ann Badura, mother of Leslie Badura
Jorgensen ’72 and mother-in-law of Sharon
Johnson Badura ’65
Albert Baker, father of Carol Baker Lowndes ’75
Ruth Barrett, mother of Mary Barrett ’77, Anne
Barrett Steiner ’80 and Karen Barrett Jeffrey ’81
Edmund Bartusiak, father of Alice Bartusiak ’85
Mary Alice Bartusiak, mother of Alice
Bartusiak ’85
William Bergfeld, father of Mary Bergfeld
Dierks ’80
Mary Jo Bradley, mother of Ann Bradley ’67
Patricia Kaye Parker ‘69
Ellen Marie Mulligan
Blackburn ‘71 sister of
Marsha Mulligan ‘68
Bridget Moylan Littrell
‘68
Norman Bradshaw, father of Deborah Bradshaw
Cunningham ’71
Ralph Brisson, father of Cheri Brisson Salazar’93
Norma Bueltel, mother of Lisa Bueltel
Donovan ’81
Claude Carter, father of Ann Carter Hawkins ’75
John Caruso, father of Jennifer Caruso-Wenner ’90
Mary Pat Cold, mother of Jan Cold ’77 and Mary
Cold Egan ’68
Arita Katherine Crofton, mother of LuAnn Crofton
Gerntry ’78 and Joanie Crofton Moore ’79
Tom Daley, father of Paula Daley Cooper ’82,
Bridget Daley Kennedy ’84, Kathleen Daley
Giandinoto ’89 and Maura Daley Cullop ’90
Catherine Dargy, mother of Sandy Dargy
Youngers ’63