Sister Anne Ebersold, a member of the Marianites of Holy Cross, died Dec. 23, 2021, at St. Francis Medical Center, Trenton. She was 94.
Born in New York City in 1927 to Henry and Anna Ebersold, Sister Anne was the second youngest of eight children. Her childhood dream was to become a nurse, one she fulfilled when she received her bachelor of science degree in nursing from Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart in 1949. Introduced to the sisters at French Hospital in Manhattan, she entered the Marianites of Holy Cross in 1955 and made her final vows in 1960.
Sister Anne lived the mission of the Marianites, incarnating the love and compassion of Jesus Christ through her nursing ministry at French Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital in Lac Megantic, Canada, and Hôpital Notre Dame de St Croix, Mont Laurier, Canada. Upon returning to the United States, she became a charge nurse at Mater Dei Nursing Home in Newfield, N.J., in 1970. In 1974, her religious community asked Sister Anne to be the Novice Mistress. After two years, she resumed her nursing career at Mater Dei.
In 1992, Sister Anne earned her administrator’s certificate. She served as the administrator of Mater Dei from 1992 until she retired in 2010 to Hamilton, N.J. She then earned a certificate in pastoral care and served as a pastoral care associate in St. Francis Medical Center.
Sister Anne is survived by seven nieces and nephews, her Marianite of Holy Cross sisters, co-workers, and the families of the patients she served.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Dec. 28, 2021, with burial at Marianites of Holy Cross Cemetery, Princeton.
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