Sister Suzanne Rebecca Bart

sister suzanne bart
Sister Suzanne Bart, SHF, died at the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Holy Family in Fremont after a long illness on July 2, 2017. She was born Susan Rebecca Bart in New Orleans, Louisiana, and entered the Sisters of the Holy Family from St. Anselm Parish in Los Angeles on September 7, 1962, at the age of 18. Sister Suzanne served in the field of religious education in various parishes in the Bay Area before beginning her lifelong work of nursing. She received her LVN from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in Reno in 1968, and earned her RN in 1982 from Ohlone College in Fremont. She worked in various medical settings, but spent the greatest number of years at Holy Cross Hospital, later Providence Holy Cross Hospital, in Mission Hills, California. Sister Suzanne also served for years on and off as Infirmarian and Infirmary Nurse in the Holy Family Sisters infirmary and care center in Fremont, and generously gave of her time for family care as well. An avid gardener, she was known in her later years at the Motherhouse for her vegetable harvest, supplying the Sisters with abundant tomatoes, kale and other healthy produce. She was a great story-teller and candy-maker as well. Sister Suzanne’s Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, July 20, at 3:30 p.m. in the Holy Family Motherhouse in Fremont. Interment will be at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma on Friday morning, July 21, at 11:00. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Sisters of the Holy Family, PO Box 3248, Fremont, CA 94539.

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