Sr. M. Clotilda PBVM, born Mary Etta Gully, attended rural grade school in Willow Lake, SD where she graduated from the eighth grade in 1907. Twenty years later, after living and working on the family farm, she entered the Presentation Convent in Aberdeen and made her first profession of vows on August 20, 1929.
Sister served in housekeeping and dietary positions in schools staffed by Presentation Sisters in South Dakota towns: Madison, Bridgewater, Dell Rapids, Woonsocket, Jefferson, Huron, Milbank, and at Presentation Heights in Aberdeen. At age 93 years old, in 1985, she retired and located to the Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen.
Sr. Clotilda was an excellent cook and seamstress. Wherever she located, she worked filling orders for new habits, particularly those to be worn by incoming novices. Another job she frequently had, as part of her household chores, was to take care of the furnace, a most important task during northern prairie winters.
Sister had a younger birth sister at home on the farm, single, a few years younger than she named Ellen Gully. A story has been told that when Sr. Clotilda went home to Willow Lake for her mother's funeral in 1943, while engaged in conversation with a few of the neighbors, one of them said to her, "Sister, why don't you stay home for awhile and let your sister Ellen go to the sisterhood?"
Sr. Clotilda was a gentle, loving soul. Her constant spirit of encouragement helped many new sisters persevere in a like manner. She lived into her 97th year of life.
During the youth of this author, Sr. Clotilda introduced me to the works of South Dakota artist Harvey Dunn. She mailed to me art cards of his best known prairie watercolors. written by Gregory Dorr
Sister served in housekeeping and dietary positions in schools staffed by Presentation Sisters in South Dakota towns: Madison, Bridgewater, Dell Rapids, Woonsocket, Jefferson, Huron, Milbank, and at Presentation Heights in Aberdeen. At age 93 years old, in 1985, she retired and located to the Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen.
Sr. Clotilda was an excellent cook and seamstress. Wherever she located, she worked filling orders for new habits, particularly those to be worn by incoming novices. Another job she frequently had, as part of her household chores, was to take care of the furnace, a most important task during northern prairie winters.
Sister had a younger birth sister at home on the farm, single, a few years younger than she named Ellen Gully. A story has been told that when Sr. Clotilda went home to Willow Lake for her mother's funeral in 1943, while engaged in conversation with a few of the neighbors, one of them said to her, "Sister, why don't you stay home for awhile and let your sister Ellen go to the sisterhood?"
Sr. Clotilda was a gentle, loving soul. Her constant spirit of encouragement helped many new sisters persevere in a like manner. She lived into her 97th year of life.
During the youth of this author, Sr. Clotilda introduced me to the works of South Dakota artist Harvey Dunn. She mailed to me art cards of his best known prairie watercolors. written by Gregory Dorr
Sr. M. Clotilda PBVM, born Mary Etta Gully, attended rural grade school in Willow Lake, SD where she graduated from the eighth grade in 1907. Twenty years later, after living and working on the family farm, she entered the Presentation Convent in Aberdeen and made her first profession of vows on August 20, 1929.
Sister served in housekeeping and dietary positions in schools staffed by Presentation Sisters in South Dakota towns: Madison, Bridgewater, Dell Rapids, Woonsocket, Jefferson, Huron, Milbank, and at Presentation Heights in Aberdeen. At age 93 years old, in 1985, she retired and located to the Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen.
Sr. Clotilda was an excellent cook and seamstress. Wherever she located, she worked filling orders for new habits, particularly those to be worn by incoming novices. Another job she frequently had, as part of her household chores, was to take care of the furnace, a most important task during northern prairie winters.
Sister had a younger birth sister at home on the farm, single, a few years younger than she named Ellen Gully. A story has been told that when Sr. Clotilda went home to Willow Lake for her mother's funeral in 1943, while engaged in conversation with a few of the neighbors, one of them said to her, "Sister, why don't you stay home for awhile and let your sister Ellen go to the sisterhood?"
Sr. Clotilda was a gentle, loving soul. Her constant spirit of encouragement helped many new sisters persevere in a like manner. She lived into her 97th year of life.
During the youth of this author, Sr. Clotilda introduced me to the works of South Dakota artist Harvey Dunn. She mailed to me art cards of his best known prairie watercolors. written by Gregory Dorr
Sister served in housekeeping and dietary positions in schools staffed by Presentation Sisters in South Dakota towns: Madison, Bridgewater, Dell Rapids, Woonsocket, Jefferson, Huron, Milbank, and at Presentation Heights in Aberdeen. At age 93 years old, in 1985, she retired and located to the Mother Joseph Manor in Aberdeen.
Sr. Clotilda was an excellent cook and seamstress. Wherever she located, she worked filling orders for new habits, particularly those to be worn by incoming novices. Another job she frequently had, as part of her household chores, was to take care of the furnace, a most important task during northern prairie winters.
Sister had a younger birth sister at home on the farm, single, a few years younger than she named Ellen Gully. A story has been told that when Sr. Clotilda went home to Willow Lake for her mother's funeral in 1943, while engaged in conversation with a few of the neighbors, one of them said to her, "Sister, why don't you stay home for awhile and let your sister Ellen go to the sisterhood?"
Sr. Clotilda was a gentle, loving soul. Her constant spirit of encouragement helped many new sisters persevere in a like manner. She lived into her 97th year of life.
During the youth of this author, Sr. Clotilda introduced me to the works of South Dakota artist Harvey Dunn. She mailed to me art cards of his best known prairie watercolors. written by Gregory Dorr
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