Marie Josephine Maas
1916 - 1941 (24 years)Person ID: I4325 | Tree: Rudeen-Rademacher | Last Modified: 9 Dec 2023
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Name Marie Josephine Maas Also Known As Sister Mary Adelia Maas Birth 26 Nov 1916 Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA 
Gender Female Died 8 Aug 1941 O'Fallon, St Charles, Missouri, USA [1] 
Obituary Marie Josephine Maas 1941
Death Claims Former Crete Resident August 8
Sister Adelia of St. Mary Convent, Mo., died at 9 o'clock Friday morning in St. Louis, Mo., where she had been the past year. Her condition became serious in June. Sister Adelia was born Nov. 28, 1916, in Crete, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Maas of Crete. She attended the Crete Catholic School and left here in 1933 to take up religious training at Motherhouse Novitiate at O'Fallon, Mo. She became a member of the Order of the Sisters of the Precious Blood in 1936. Her cheerful disposition made her endeared to the members of her community.
Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Maas, three brothers, Joseph, Hubert and Vernon of Crete and one sister, Sister Audrey of O'Fallon. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning from the chapel at O'Fallon. She was laid to rest in the Motherhouse cemetery at O'Fallon.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Maas and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maas attended the funeral.
1941 Death Certificate Marie Josephine Maas
Cause of death - far advanced pulmonary tuberculosisBuried Sisters of the Most Precious Blood Cemetery, O'Fallon, St. Charles, Missouri, USA 
Marie Josephine (aka Mary Adelia) Maas
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Parents
Father Verne Maas (ID:I2474), b. 18 Mar 1883, Tobias, Saline, Nebraska, USA d. 21 Feb 1958, Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA (Age 74 years) Mother Josephine M. Rademacher (ID:I2369), b. 12 Jul 1885, Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA d. 25 Apr 1953, Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 67 years) Marriage 24 Nov 1915 Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA Children (Siblings) 1. Marie Josephine Maas (ID:I4325), b. 26 Nov 1916, Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA d. 8 Aug 1941, O'Fallon, St Charles, Missouri, USA (Age 24 years)+ 2. Living (ID:I4326) 3. Dorothy Antoinette Maas (ID:I4327), b. 31 Jul 1920, Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA d. 8 Jan 1979, O'Fallon, St Charles, Missouri, USA (Age 58 years) -
Other Personal Events
Vows 10 Aug 1937 O'Fallon, St Charles, Missouri, USA - Convent Of The Sisters Of The Precious Blood
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Event Map
Birth - 26 Nov 1916 - Crete, Saline, Nebraska, USA 
Vows - 10 Aug 1937 - O'Fallon, St Charles, Missouri, USA Died - 8 Aug 1941 - O'Fallon, St Charles, Missouri, USA 
Buried - - Sisters of the Most Precious Blood Cemetery, O'Fallon, St. Charles, Missouri, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [S183] Obituary, The Crete News, Thursday August 14, 1941 page 12.