In Loving Memory
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May He show His face to you and have mercy on you.
May He turn His countenance toward you and grant you peace.
May the Lord bless you.
May He show His face to you and have mercy on you.
May He turn His countenance toward you and grant you peace.
May the Lord bless you.
S. Deborah Honer died April 3, 2010
Sister Mary Deborah Honer, 73, died on April 3, 2010, at St. Francis Convent, Little Falls, Minn.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Francis Convent on Wednesday, April 7 at 11 a.m. Friends may call at St. Francis Convent on Tuesday July 6, from 4 - 8:30 p.m. and from 8:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral on Wednesday. A wake service will be held at the Convent at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6. Arrangements are by the Shelley Funeral Chapel, Little Falls.
Barbara Honer was born on May 22, 1936, in Los Angeles, Calif. She was the oldest of 11 children born to Frances and the late Jake Honer of Dent, Minn. She was accepted as a Franciscan Sister of Little Falls, Minnesota, on July 31, 1955. She made her first profession of vows on August 12, 1957, and final vows on August 12, 1961. She was a Franciscan Sister for 54 years.
Sister Deborah earned Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wis. Sister Deborah ministered as a social worker. She served in St. Paul, St. Cloud, Alexandria, Moorhead and Little Falls, Minn.; Fargo, N. Dak.; Chicago, Ill.; Lexington, Miss.; and Milwaukee, Wis.
Sister Deborah was preceded in death by her father Jake; brothers, Louis, Dale and Richard; brother-in-law Ronnie Harthun and sister-in-law Marilyn Honer. Survivors include her mother, Frances, and siblings: Gary (Rose), Evangeline Harthun, Kathleen Harthun, Timothy (Marlene), Patrick (Pam) and sister-in-law, Elaine all of Dent; Deborah (Jerry Geveden), Lexington, Ky.; Mark, Prole, Iowa many nieces and nephews and her Franciscan Community.
Donations to Franciscan Sisters Ministries preferred.
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The Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota, is a community of Roman Catholic women religious who follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ, walking in the footsteps of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi. We welcome those who wish to join us as sister, associate, volunteer, transfer sister, friend and donor. We live lives of prayer in community and in service to the poor as we seek to build a more peaceful world and to care for the Earth. We sponsor the St. Francis Music Center and St. Francis Health & Recreation Center, both open to the public.