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Grinnell - History - Hazelwood Cemetery - Catholic Cemetery
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Background: In 1895 Father McManus purchased a small plot of ground at the southwest corner of Hazelwood Cemetery from the I.O.O.F Lodge of Grinnell. This plot was named Calvary Cemetery and was to be used for the burial of the Catholics of this area. There are twenty Sisters and one priest buried in Calvary Cemetery, along with other deceased Catholics.
Most of the Sisters buried in Calvary Cemetery belonged to the order of the Sisters of St. Francis of Clinton, Iowa and served either at St. Francis Hospital in Grinnell or at the St. John School in Victor, Iowa.
Names of the Sisters buried at Calvary Cemetery:
Sister Martina Bergin
Sister Dorothea Bill
Sister Maurita Comerford
Sister Brigeta Fogarty
Sister Francis Guilfoyle
Sister Hyacinthe Healy
Sister Lawrence Higdon
Sister Paschal Horrell
Sister Lelia Lannon
Sister Margaret Mary Lavan
Sister Cherubim Leber
Sister Henrietta Lodder
Sister Saint Clare Madden
Sister Zita Mahon
Sister Agneta McDonnell
Sister Eulalia McLeod
Sister Celestia O’Connell
Sister Eusebia Puddister
Sister Kevin Ryan
Sister Thomasella Walsh
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See also Collection #301 Sisters of St. Francis for obituaries of the Sisters of St. Francis