Sister Maris Kerwin, Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration, 89, died on Oct. 25, 2024, at St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She was in the sixty-fifth year of her religious profession. After graduating with a nursing degree from St. Anthony's Nursing School, she entered St. Rose Convent and was received into the novitiate on Aug. 12, 1957. She was given the name Sister Maris and made her first profession of vows on Aug. 12, 1959. In the spring of 1984, her life changed from health care to sister care as she was elected FSPA vice-president. Her ten years in congregational leadership provided her the opportunity to not only become more deeply aware of the life and work of the FSPA but also allowed her to touch the lives and challenges of society, the Church and religious women everywhere. Community members, family and friends remember Sister Maris as kind, quiet and always involved with others—and very proud of her Irish heritage. To read more about Sister Maris' life and ministry, visit FSPA Obituaries.
In loving memory of Sister Maris Kerwin
