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Sister Mary Ann Houk, H.M., formerly Sr. Beatrix, 89, died December 25, 2019 at Villa Maria Community Center. Originally from Akron, she graduated from Our Lady of the Elms Academy and entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary Congregation from Annunciation Parish. She was a teacher, principal and elder care volunteer. In the Akron area she served as teacher and principal at Annunciation and at St. Martha, Akron and as a volunteer at St. Martha Manor. The daughter of the late Arvine and Bernice (nee Payne) Houk and sister of the late Nancy Haddad, Agnes Farnbauch, Michael, Joseph and Bill Houk, she is survived by her sister Janet Houk, many nieces and nephews and their families and her...

Sister Susan Klein, H.M., 73, died Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Villa Maria Community Center, Villa Maria, PA. Born in Cleveland, she graduated in 1964 from Magnificat High School, Rocky River and entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary in 1965 from St. James Parish, Lakewood. She professed her perpetual vows in 1973. She earned her BSN from St. John College, Cleveland in 1972 and in 1978 she completed her MSN in Gerontological Nursing from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland. Sr. Susan earned her Doctor of Nursing Science from Catholic University of America, Washington, DC in 1991. Sr. Susan dedicated herself to public health nursing and the field of gerontology during her...

Sister Rita Costello, H.M., formerly Sr. Thomas Aquinas, 84, died Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Lutheran Home at Concord Reserve, Westlake, Ohio. Sr. Rita dedicated her life to God and enriched, educated and enlightened countless people as a teacher, pastoral minister and hospice chaplain during her 56 years of active ministry in the dioceses of Cleveland and Youngstown and the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Originally from Akron, she graduated in 1954 from Villa Maria High School, Villa Maria PA and entered the Sisters of the Humility of Mary in 1955 from St. Martha Parish. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Marie (Tropeano) Costello. She is survived by her sisters Maria Bako and...