- Date Of Birth: March 1, 1925
- Date Of Death: January 16, 2021
- State: Indiana
SAINT MARY-OF-THE-WOODS – Sister Martha Ann Rifner died at Jan. 16,2021, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born in Muncie, IN, on March 1, 1925 to Oliver and Anna Barth Rifner and was baptized Mary Viola.
Sister Martha Ann entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on Feb. 2, 1953 and professed Final Vows Aug. 15, 1960. She earned a bachelor’s degree from St.
Of her 68 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered as a primary teacher for 32 years in schools in Indiana and Illinois. She taught at St. Margaret Mary School in Terre Haute from 1968 to 1977. In 1987 she returned to the motherhouse and served as director of transportation for 14 years. After that she continued to minister to her sisters in multiple ways.
Sister Martha Ann is survived by nieces and nephews, grandnieces and nephews and even great-grandnieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by two sisters, Sister John Mary Rifner, SP, and Agnes Schortgen; and a brother, John H. Rifner.
