SPRINGFIELD —
Sister M. Doris Poettker, O.S.F., 94, of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis died at 9:02 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at St. Francis Convent, Springfield.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Francis Convent with a wake service at 6:30 p.m. Eucharistic celebration and Rite of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the St. Clare of Assisi Adoration Chapel at St. Francis Convent with Father Andre Schludecker, celebrant. Burial will follow at Crucifixion Hill Cemetery. The Franciscan Sisters and the family of Sr. M. Doris Poettker are being served by Kirlin-Egan & Butler Funeral Home, 900 S. 6th St., Springfield. Please visit butlerfuneralhomes.com to offer your condolences.
Sister Doris, the former Eugenia Christine Poettker, was born in Aviston, on May 25, 1918, the daughter of Herman and Mary Strieker Poettker. She entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1937, and professed her religious vows on June 13, 1940.
She was a graduate of St. John's School of Nursing and St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She served as a nurse, pharmacist, administrator and pastoral care associate at hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin. She returned to the Motherhouse in 2002 after having served in various capacities at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, since 1985.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Joseph Poettker and Cletus Poettker.
She is survived by one brother, Cyril Poettker of Breese; two sisters, Marie Plocher of Highland and Dolores Netemeyer of Albers; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and her Franciscan Sisters with whom she shared her life for over 75 years.
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