Sister Alice Marie Bryl, SSJ-TOSF
Sister Alice Marie (Clemensa) Bryl, 92, a Sister of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis for 69 years, died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at St. Joseph Motherhouse in Stevens Point.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at St. Joseph Motherhouse Chapel, 1300 Maria Drive, Stevens Point, with the Rev. Todd Mlsna officiating. Burial will be in the Convent Cemetery.
Visitation will be at the chapel beginning with a prayer service at 9:30 a.m. Saturday until the Mass.
Memorials may be offered to the Sisters of St. Joseph, TOSF.
Pisarski Funeral Homes & Crematory in Stevens Point and
Plover assisted with arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at
www.pisarskifuneralhome.com.
The former Alice Ann Bryl was born Sept. 20, 1923, in
Milwaukee, a daughter of the late Joseph and Antoinette (Wojciechowski) Bryl.
On Aug. 5, 1947, Sister Alice Marie was received into the
novitiate of the Order, and pronounced perpetual vows on Aug. 10, 1954.
Her ministry as a teacher began in 1949 at St. John School
in Menasha. In 1952 she began a new career as a bookkeeper at River Pines
Sanatorium in Stevens Point. Subsequently she served in that position at Divine
Infant Hospital in Wakefield, Mich.; St. Vincent Home, Freeport, Ill.; and Immaculata
Congregational Home in Bartlett, Ill.
In 2000, she retired at the
Motherhouse in Stevens Point to offer supportive services.
As the sole surviving member of her family, Sister Alice
Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Antoinette; and three
brothers, the Rev. Thaddeus Bryl, Edwin Bryl and Matthew Bryl.