Ruma, IL--SR. JOHANILLA KIELHAFNER, 101; TEACHER-- Sister Johanilla Kielhafner, who at 101 was the oldest member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in Ruma, Ill., died Saturday (Sept. 3, 1994) at Clementine Hall in Ruma.
Sister Johanilla entered the order in 1909 and professed her first vows on July 12, 1911.
Beginning in 1912, she taught in elementary schools, a career that lasted 60 years. In Illinois, she taught at St. Cecilia in Bartelso, St. Joseph in Freeburg, St. Mary in Taylorville, St. Elizabeth in East St. Louis, St. Mary in Mount Carmel, St. Andrew in Murphysboro and Sts. Peter and Paul in Waterloo. She also taught at Catholic Children's Home in Alton.
In Missouri, she taught at Visitation in Vienna, St. Augustine in Kelso and St. Joseph in Zell.
Sister Johanilla was born Clara Kielhafner on Aug. 7, 1893, in New Hamburg, Mo. In 1904, she attended the World's Fair in St. Louis.
A wake will begin at 4 p.m. today in the Provincial House Chapel. The wake service will be at 7 p.m. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Convent Cemetery.
Among the survivors is a sister, Rose Lanham of St. Louis.   --St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) - September 6, 1994


Palm Harbor, FL--CAROLYN KRUSIE, 73, of Palm Harbor, died Sunday (July 27, 1997) at Palm Garden of Clearwater nursing home. She was born in Vanduser, Mo., and came here in 1988 from St. Louis. She was a homemaker and a member of First Christian Church, Clearwater, and First Christian Church of Tarpon Springs. Survivors include her husband, Carl; a son, Ronald, St. Louis; a daughter, Cathleen Carey, Lewisburg, Pa.; two brothers, Clinton Davis, Palm Harbor, and Sam Davis, Phoenix; two sisters, Ruth Joines and Vivian Toliver, both of St. Louis; and five grandchildren. American Burial and Cremation Service, Palm Harbor.
--St. Petersburg Times (FL) - July 29, 1997

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