Kindelan, Ruth Susc Sr.

LATHAM- Sister Ruth Kindelan, SUSC, (Sr. Stephen Helen) of Latham, NY died Sunday, May 26, 2013 after a short illness at the age of 93. She was born in Edgewood, RI in 1919, the daughter of the late Stephen and Helen (Creamer) Kindelan. In addition to her Holy Union Sisters, her sister, Adrienne Newell of Wrentham, MA, several nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews survive her. Her sisters, Sr. Stephen Mary, SUSC, Marjorie Deignan, Dorothy Hopcraft, Pauline Powers, Mary Collins, and brothers Stephen, John and James Kindelan predeceased her. Sr. Ruth was a graduate of the former Sacred Heart Academy, Fall River, MA. She entered the Holy Union Sisters in Fall River in 1937 and pronounced her final vows on August 15, 1945.

Sr. Ruth attended the Sacred Heart School of Education, Fall River and received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Manhattanville College, NY. She also attended Providence College, Manhattan College, Boston University and received a Masters degree in Religious Education from St. Michael College, Winooski, VT. Sister Ruth was a teacher of primary grades and music for over thirty years in schools in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. She was a founding member of the Holy Union House of Prayer at St. James Convent, Tiverton, RI. She served as a hospital chaplain at Albany Medical Center from 1979 until 1994 and continued to provide pastoral care part-time until she retired in 1999. Sr. Ruth was a Eucharistic Minister at several nursing facilities in Albany. She was an active member of the music ministry at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany. She founded a group of Holy Union Associates in the Albany area and served as their facilitator for many years.

There will be a wake from 3-4:30 p.m. and a Vesper Service at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in the chapel of the St. Joseph’s Provincial House, 385 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham. Interment will be in Fall River, MA. on Thursday May 30, 2013.

Donations in Sr. Ruth’s memory may be made to The Holy Union Sisters Mission Advancement Office P.O. Box 410 Milton MA 02186-0006.