Sr. Mary Margarita Wiener

Sister Mary Margarita (Irene) Wiener, 79, died on August 18, 2011, at St. Francis Convent, Little Falls, Minn. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Francis Convent on Monday, August 22, at 11 a.m. Friends may call at St. Francis Convent on Sunday, August 21, from 4 - 8:30 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral on Monday, August 22. A wake service will be held at the Convent at 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 21. Irene Wiener was born on February 18, 1932, in North Prairie, Minn. She was the ninth of nine children born to the late Albert and Magdalen (Jagielski) Wiener. She was accepted as a Franciscan Sister of Little Falls, Minnesota, on August 12, 1949, and given the name Sister Mary Margarita. She made her first profession of vows on August 12, 1951, and final vows on August 12, 1954. She was a Franciscan Sister for 62 years. Sister Margarita was preceded in death by siblings: Aloysius, Ralph, Bernard, Cyril and Herman. Survivors include siblings: Jerome, Sturgis, Mich.; Dolores Thomalla, Maplewood; Angeline Kaiser, Sartell; sister-in-law Cecelia, Waite Park; nieces and nephews and her Franciscan Community. Donations to Franciscan Sisters Ministries preferred.