Remembering Sister Lucille Adelmann, OSF

On the evening of March 26, 2023, in the company of loved ones, our sister, Lucille Adelmann, was led peacefully from this life into paradise. As a hope-filled healer, a gifted comforter and a courageous advocate over the course of her ninety-six years, we can imagine that among the angels who came to carry Lucy home to God, the Archangel Raphael, most certainly took the lead.

In the summer of 1926, Agnes (Brankey) and Harry Adelmann welcomed into the world of Lockport, Illinois, a precious infant daughter whom they named Lucille Agnes. As a family, the Adelmanns belonged to St. John the Baptist Parish in Joliet, Illinois, where they were welcomed by the
Franciscan Friars. It was at St. John’s that Lucy and her sister, Evelyn Rose, received the sacraments of Christian Initiation as well as a Catholic elementary school education provided by the Sisters of Saint Francis of Mary Immaculate. During her adolescent years, Lucy continued to come under the influence and inspiration of many Joliet Franciscan sisters who were her teachers and mentors at St. Francis Academy and later at the College of Saint Francis. As a student, Lucy’s abilities in Mathematics and Science were noteworthy as was her natural talent for music that found expression in her beloved instrument, the accordion. However, there was much more to the young Lucy Adelmann than these particular talents and gifts. Generous, kind, intuitive, undaunted, compassionate and attentive to God’s holy manner working in her life, Lucy’s Franciscan heart was enkindled with love for the God who called her by name.

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