Sister Margaret Mewhorter
Sunday, March 12, 1939
Date of Death:
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Age:
87 years old
Sunday, March 12, 1939
Date of Death:
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Age:
87 years old
Sunday, March 12, 1939
Date of Death:
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Age:
87 years old
Sister Margaret Mewhorter
Sister Margaret Mewhorter, a Poor Clare of Rochester, Minnesota, died at Assisi Heights, on April 8, 2026.
Margaret was born on March 12, 1939, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to George Washington Mewhorter and Sophie Barbara (Zawadski) Mewhorter, the youngest of five children. She attended Holy Rosary Parish School and Holy Angels Academy. She entered the Poor Clare monastery in Bloomington, Minnesota, on October 27, 1957, and professed her final vows on May 25, 1962. Sister Margaret is remembered for her work ethic, love of her Polish heritage, appreciation of nature, and her attentiveness to prayer. She is preceded in death by her parents and her four brothers. She is survived by her Poor Clare Sisters and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral liturgy will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 11:00 am at Lourdes Chapel, Assisi Heights, 1001 14th St. NW, Rochester, Minnesota. Visitation will precede the service from 9:00–10:45 am. To view the funeral via livestream, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88367423126.
Memorials are suggested to the Poor Clare Sisters, Assisi Heights, 1001 14th St. NW, Rochester, MN 55901. Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com.
Condolences
The family of Sister Margaret Mewhorter has received the following condolences.
We would like to express our sincere condolences to the family of Sister Małgorzata and her fellow nuns. We warmly remember her visits to Poland. Sister Małgorzata always remembered her family from Białystok in Poland and visited us, bringing support and gifts at hard times.
We are grateful to the good Lord for her presence among us, her faithful memory of us, and her kind heart. We believe that she has been granted the joy of eternal life in the Kingdom of Christ.
We are holding her in our prayers.
With deepest sympathy,
The Hońko, Siwicki, and Winnicki families from Białystok
My deepest condolences to Sr. Margaret’s family and friends and all the Poor Clare Sisters on her passing. I remember the chats we had at the monastery with fondness. May she rest in the peace of God’s love.
Margaret,
you will be missed🌷I’m so grateful you came to my wedding and will always remember when you would send me pictures once in a while in the mail of you holding me as a baby-toddler, I will cherish those forever!
With love, your great niece
-Janelle Edeburn
Margaret,
you will be missed🌷I’m so grateful you came to my wedding and will always remember when you would send me pictures once in a while in the mail of you holding me as a baby-toddler, I will cherish those forever!
With love, your great niece
-Janelle Edeburn
Sister Margaret,
I was a privilege and delight to have known you. Your stories will stay with me.
Faye Mewhorter Otis
Margaret: mom and I will miss you. Your cousins — Carolyn, Ellen, and Catherine
My opportunity to know S. Margaret was a blessing. Presiding at liturgies at the Poor Clares Monastery in Bloomington was a prayerful experience. The chance to visit afterwards a joyful one. Her work ethic and love of nature provided the monastery with a beautiful environment in which to encounter God and God's creation. May she rest in God now. My prayers and condolences to her community.