Flavia M AUGUSTINE

1914 - 2010  (96 years)

• Name	Flavia M AUGUSTINE
  Birth	28 Jul 1914	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Nov 2010	Atherton, San Mateo County, California
  Notes	She was named after her father’s sister who died five years before she was born. Living with her mother and step-father in Minneapolis in the 1930 census. In the 1935 Omaha city directory, she is Flavia M Augustine, student, Duchesne College, living at 4211 William (the Strawheckers’ address). In the 1940 census, she was Flavia M Augustine, nun, age 25, a teacher in a private school on Sheridan Road in Chicago (Convent of the Sacred Heart). Five years earlier she had lived in Omaha. She had had three years of college. Her obit on the Roller Hapgood Tinney website: Flavia M. Augustine, RSCJ, beloved educator and mentor, died November 18, 2010, at Oakwood, the Society of the Sacred Heart retirement center, in Atherton, California. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 28, 1914, she was the daughter of Marie Wisnom and Martin G. Augustine, and the eldest of four children.  When Mr. Augustine died, Flavia’s mother moved her family to the home of her mother in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After twelve years of public education there, Flavia moved to Omaha, Nebraska, to live with an aunt and uncle.  Following a year of travel, she was enrolled in Duchesne College of the Sacred Heart - and her life was changed.  On June 27, 1935, after her sophomore year, she entered the Society of the Sacred Heart at Kenwood, in Albany, New York. Following her First Vows at Kenwood on February 11, 1938, Sister Augustine was assigned to the Hardey Prep Sacred Heart School for Boys on Sheridan Road in Chicago, where she soon was put in charge.  On August 2, 1943, she made her profession of Final Vows at Kenwood, and then moved to middle school teaching, first at Duchesne Academy, Omaha, then at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in St. Joseph, Missouri.  During that time, she completed her B.A. in history at Duchesne College and her M.A. in history at Creighton University, in Omaha. While working on her Ph.D. in European history and political science at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Sister Augustine was sent to Duchesne College as dean of students and history professor. In 1957, sudden illness required that she be sent to Chicago for two surgeries; after recuperation, she became college coordinator and taught history at Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois.  She moved back and forth between Barat and Duchesne until the latter closed in 1968 and she began serving as director of admissions at Barat College. From 1978 to 1983, Sister Augustine served as college admissions director at the Convent of the Sacred Heart Sheridan Road, providing guidance for college-bound juniors and seniors.  Her third career began in 1983 at the Howard Area Community Center, a social service agency in Chicago, where, for ten years, she taught in the G.E.D. program, helping women finish their education and acquire good jobs. In 2000, at age 86, Sister Augustine moved to Oakwood, where she remained active and participated in a ministry of prayer for almost ten years. She died peacefully surrounded by her sisters.  The funeral Mass for Sister Augustine will take place at Oakwood, on December 11, 2010, at 10:00 o’clock. Mass will be followed by burial in the Oakwood cemetery and sharing of memories in the Oakwood community, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton CA 94027. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108. Her obit in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Augustine, Flavia M., RSCJ Beloved educator and mentor, died November 18, 2010, at Oakwood, in Atherton, California. Born in Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 1914, of Marie Wisnom and Martin G. Augustine she spent her youth in Minneapolis. She entered the Society of the Sacred Heart at Kenwood in 1935 and made final vows there in 1943. She taught at various Sacred Heart schools throughout the Midwest, earned a Ph.D. in European history at Catholic University, and taught at Duchesne College and Barat College. From 1978 to 1983, she served as college admissions director at Convent of the Sacred Heart Sheridan Road, and from 1983 to 1993, served at the Howard Area Community Center in Chicago, teaching and mentoring women. Funeral Mass for Sister Augustine at Oakwood, on December 11, 2010, at 10:00 o'clock. Burial in the Oakwood cemetery and sharing of memories in the Oakwood community, 140 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, CA 94027. Memorial contributions may be made to the Society of the Sacred Heart, 4120 Forest Park Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108. Roller & Hapgood & Tinney Funeral Home.
  Person ID	I7916	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Martin G AUGUSTINE,   b. 19 Sep 1890, Argyle, Marshall County, Minnesota d. 15 Oct 1918, Cook County, Illinois (Age 28 years)
  Mother	Marie G,   b. 2 May 1897, Iowa d. 3 Dec 1960, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1913	Cook County, Illinois
  Family ID	F6002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart