This
obit was published in the Deseret News
on December 19. 1993.
Distinguished
Educator, Sister M. Franzita (Dorothy Honore) Kane, C.S.C., died December 1,
1993 of natural
causes at St. Mary's Convent in Notre Dame, Indiana. Sister Franzita Kane was
born on January 20, 1909 in Idaho, daughter of Thomas Francis Kane (b. Pueblo,
Colorado) and Elizabeth (Olsen) Kane (b. Mink Creek, Idaho). She attended
Catholic schools in Park City, Utah and Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from
St. Mary's of the Wasatch (high school) in 1926. She entered the Congregation
of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in 1927 and took her final vows August 15,
1930. She received her Bachelors of Arts in 1942 from Immaculate Heart College,
her Masters of Arts in 1952 from Catholic University, and her PhD in 1958 from the
University of Notre Dame.
She
taught English in Catholic secondary schools from 1930 through 1950, served as
principal at St. Mary's of the Wasatch from 1947 through 1950. She was an
instructor, Department of English, at Dunbarton College in Washington, D.C. in
1953. She began teaching as a professor, Department of English at St. Mary's
College in Notre Dame, Indiana in 1960 and served as chairman of the
department. She retired from full-time teaching in 1975. She was much beloved
by her students for her wit and for demanding the best from her pupils. Her
academic career included founding the Sister Madeleva Poetry Association,
writing and publishing poetry, as well as editing numerous publications, participating
in professional and educational organizations. She traveled extensively to
Europe for research and continuing educational studies. She is listed in
"Who's Who in American Education.”
Sr.
Franzita is survived by six nieces and one nephews, many grand nieces and
nephews.
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