Sister Mary Renee Kirmer died quietly Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. She was 81 and had been a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 57 years.

She was born near Spearville, Kan., on Dec. 28, 1935, the sixth child of Frank and Albina (Penka) Kirmer, and baptized at St. John the Baptist Church.

Her family later moved to Dodge City, Kan., where she played softball, tennis and basketball. She was valedictorian of her 1953 Dodge City High School graduating class, and later worked there for five years as the principal’s secretary.

Sister Marie Ann Poland, ASC died after a long illness on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Adorers’ Ruma Center in Ruma, Ill.

She was 70 years old and had been a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 17 years.

She was born March 16, 1947 in Philadelphia, the middle child of Catherine (Krach) and John Herman Poland. She entered the former Columbia Province of the Adorers on June 22, 1997, took first vows on June 10, 2000, and professed final vows on Nov. 6, 2004.

Before entering the Adorers as a 50-year-old,

Sister Valeria Cisneros, ASC died Wednesday, July 5, 2017. She was 95 and had spent nearly 78 years as a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ.

Sister Valeria was born Jan. 25, 1922, in Clovis, N.M., one of seven children born to Arnold and Victoria (Trustensky) Cisneros, and named Clara. Her mother died when Clara was 3 ½ years old, and her father, a train engine repairer and musician, remarried. Her stepmother, Maria Ateaga, nicknamed “Cuca,” taught the family Spanish. She and Arnold had two children.

Valeria attended elementary school in Waynoka,

Sister Loretta Gegen, ASC, died Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 at the Adorers’ Wichita Center in Wichita, Kan. She was 91 years old and had lived 72 years as a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ.

She was born Oct. 27, 1925 in Wichita, Kan., to Frederick and Rose (Freund) Gegen, the second of five children.

Loretta entered the Wichita ASC congregation on Sept. 5, 1943, professed first vows July 1, 1945, and her permanent vows five years later.

She taught at Catholic schools in Olmitz, Offerle and Plains, Kan., from 1945 to 1954,

Sister Clara Ternes, ASC, a former hospital executive who taught medical ethics, died Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 at the Ruma (Ill.) Center. She was 88 years old and had been an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 72 years.

Born April 28, 1928, in Wichita, Kan., she was one of seven children of Martin and Clara (Girrens) Ternes. She made her first profession on July 1, 1944 and her final vows on July 1, 1949.

Sr. Clara earned her degree in nursing from St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing, Springfield, Ill., in 1949 and certification as a registered nurse anesthetist from St.

Sister Mary Linus (Martha Emma) Erzer, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 71 years, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at the Ruma Center, Ruma, Ill. She was 90.

She was born in Neier, Mo., one of seven children born to Otto and Anna (Ravo) Erzer. She made her first vows on July 1, 1945 and her final vows on July 1, 1950.

In elementary school, Martha was particularly inspired by Sr. Mary Genevieve King and Sisters Georgiana, Mary Bede and Leola Bolzenius, all Adorers. Martha always wanted to help people and she did so by cooking and keeping house for others.

Sister Sylvana Schulte, an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 75 years, died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016 at the Wichita Center in Wichita, Kan. She was 91.

She was born Jan. 11, 1925 in Windthorst, Kan., one of eight children in the family of Rudolf and Frances (Droste) Schulte. She made her first vows on Aug. 10, 1941 and her final vows on Aug. 28, 1946.

Sister Sylvana, baptized Agnes Mary Anna, earned a bachelor’s degree from Marymount College, Salina, Kan., in 1957 and a master’s degree in education from Creighton University,