Sister Ruth Timmermeyer, ASC died Thursday, May 21, 2020 at the Wichita Center. She was 93 years old and was a professed Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 77 years.

She was born July 24, 1926, in Wichita, Kansas, one of 13 children of Clarence and Hazel (Markel) Timmermeyer. She was stricken with polio at age four. When she was six, her family moved to a farm near Norwich, Kansas. 

In 1940, after graduating from eighth grade, she went to Sacred Heart convent. She made first vows on August 16,

Sister Mary Perpetua Gusic, ASC, (Caroline Frances) died April 1 in Reading, Pennsylvania.

She was 98 years old and had been a professed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ for 78 years.

Sister Mary Perpetua was born April 17, 1921 in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of seven children of Croatian immigrants John and Catherine (Viher) Gusic. Sister Perpetua made her first profession on Aug. 12, 1941 and her final vows on Aug. 12, 1946.

Sister Mary Perpetua studied at the Precious Blood Teacher Training Institute in Columbia,

Sister Elizabeth Determan, ASC of El Reno, Oklahoma died February 6, 2020 at the Wichita (Kansas) Center. She was 98 and had been an Adorer of the Blood of Christ for 78 years.

She was born November 19, 1921 to Herman and Anna (Schaefer) Determan, the oldest of six children. Her family came to the area shortly after the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889.

She had been taught by Adorers in Okarche, Oklahoma and entered the community in August 1939. She made first vows on August 10, 1941,