“God chooses, and we have but to hear and follow.”
Sister Ann Margaret Bolf
February 9, 1923 - June 27, 2015
Sister Ann Margaret Bolf, formerly known as Sister Louis, died on June 27, 2015 at Mount Assisi Convent in Pittsburgh, Pa. She was 92 and in her 63rd year of religious life.
Sister entered the community in 1951 from St. Aloysius Church in Wilmerding, Pa., and professed first vows in 1952 at Mount Assisi Convent in Pittsburgh, Pa. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Mount Mercy College (Carlow University) and a master’s degree in education from Duquesne University, both in Pittsburgh. After teaching in parish elementary schools for many years, Sister took courses at Duquesne and Carlow to become certified in religion, parish social service and accredited to minister to the mentally challenged.
Sister taught in the parishes in Hellertown, Barnesboro, Charleroi, North Side Pittsburgh, Clymer, Canonsburg, Erie, Tarentum, Farrell, Perryopolis and Ellsworth in Pennsylvania, and in Clarksburg, W.Va. She also served as principal in Ellsworth, Perryopolis and Erie, Pa., and later worked as a director of religious education in Perryopolis, Clymer and Canonsburg, Pa.
Sister Ann Margaret used her gifts in helping troubled children at St. Joseph Home for Children in Dayton, Ohio, where she spent four years. Her training in parish social service was welcomed in St. Catherine of Sweden in Wildwood and in Canonsburg, Pa. In 2000, Sister came to Mount Assisi Convent to serve as driver to our retired sisters, which she enjoyed. In her later years she was dedicated to ministry of prayer. Sister Ann Margaret will be remembered for her interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pittsburgh Pirates, attending their games any chance she had.
Sister Ann Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Lillian (Kussan) Bolf; her brothers Peter, George and William; and her sisters Lillian Krall and Katherine Matiasic. She is survived by her religious community and her nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.
Sister Ann Margaret is buried in St. Francis Cemetery at Mt. Assisi Place in Pittsburgh, Pa.