Sister Ann Louise Beerhalter, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, Ossining, New York, died at her home in the Ossining Center of Hope at Mariandale, on February 27, 2014. She was 91 years of age.
The daughter of the late Martin and Anna Zimmerhockel Beerhalter, she was born February 21, 1923 in Munnsville, New York.
Sister Ann Louise entered the novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor on January 15, 1945. Sister’s ministry of nursing took her to a number of cities throughout the United States. From 1945 until 1978 she ministered to the sick poor. In 1978, Sister Ann Louise retired from her nursing ministry and since that time she volunteered her services at St. Augustine’s Church in Ossining and at the Dominican Sisters Chapel in Ossining.
The Dominican Sisters of Hope celebrated the life of Sister Ann Louise Beerhalter, OP on Friday, March 7, 2014 in the chapel of the Center of Hope in Ossining, NY. You can link to a LiveStream of the service here.