- Date Of Birth: April 7, 1936
- Date Of Death: October 21, 2020
- State: Indiana
Sister Rosemary Ward died on Oct. 21, 2020, in Union Hospital, Terre Haute. She was born on April 7, 1936 in Chicago, IL, to George G. and Catherine Jehn Ward.
Sister Rosemary entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on July 22, 1958 and received the name Sister Sebastian. She professed Final Vows on Aug. 15, 1966.
Of her 62 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered in education for 11 years in high schools in Indiana and Illinois. Leaving teaching, she was a computer programmer for Household Finance in Prospect Heights, IL, for seven years.
Retiring in 2009, she became very active in groups working for justice, in particular, against human trafficking. In 2014, she organized a center for teaching English as a Second Language. For this work, she was given the Outstanding Tutor of the Year award from Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner at a conference sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Literacy Office of the Illinois State Library and the Literacy Volunteers of Illinois.
Sister Rosemary’s organizational skills were well developed. Yet as she worked with the big picture, she was always mindful of those with whom and for whom she was working. She had an innate kindness that extended to all she met.
She is survived by a brother, George, of Tucson, AZ. She is preceded in death by two brothers, Michael and Andrew Ward; and a sister, Joan Ostrand.
