Anna Anders (1887 - 1971)

Born 21 Jan 1887 in Dubina, Fayette, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 24 May 1971 at age 84 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States

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Biography

Anna was born in 1887, the daughter of Joseph Anders and Mary Kainer. She entered the Sisters of Divine Providence and became Sister Mary Firmina. She passed away in 1971.

Burial

Sisters of Divine Providence Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #36141374

Obituary

ANNA "SISTER MARY FIRMINA" ANDERS

The Weimar Mercury, Thursday, June 3, 1971

Death Claims Sister Firmina, Dubina Native

Sister Mary Firmina, CDP, succumbed Monday, May 24, in Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, at the age of 84.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 26, at Our Lady of the Lake Chapel in San Antonio. Rev. Arnold Anders, a nephew, was celebrant of the funeral mass, assisted by Rev. Borgers, OMI, Deacon was Rev. Edmund Gagne, and Auxiliary Bishop Flores gave an inspiring sermon.

Burial was in Our Lady of the Lake Cemetery.

Sister Firmina, daughter of Joseph and Mary Kainer Anders, was born Jan. 21, 1887, in Dubina. She made her profession in the Order of Divine Providence on June 1, 1904, and was an active member of that congregation for 67 years. Until shortly before her death she was teaching in Iota, Louisiana.

Survivors include one sister, Miss Theresa Anders of Weimar; three brothers, Edward Anders of Weimar, Joe of Schulenburg and Rev. John Anders of Cistern; and several nieces and nephews and their descendants.

Two brothers, Frank and Anton, and two sisters, Miss Ludmila Anders and Mrs. Mary Kloesel, preceded her in death.

Relatives attending her funeral were Edward Anders and Mrs. Frank Anders of Weimar; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hartensteiner, James and Barbara, Dubina; Mrs. Joe Anders, Schulenburg; Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Kana, Eagle Lake; Mr. and Mrs. John Barber, Refugio; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kana, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kloesel, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kloesel and Patricia, Louis Kloesel, and Ben Kloesel, all of Baytown; Mrs. Joe Hook of Castroville; and Sister Ida of Blessed Sacrament Academy.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G7-NVB : 11 December 2021), Anna Anders in entry for Joseph Anders, 1900.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36K-9MW : 20 February 2021), Annie Anders, 24 May 1971; citing certificate number 30779, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,223,124.