Wiesner, M. Liliosa
Profession:
Clergy
Biography:
Sister M. Liliosa Wiesner served as the tenth Mother General of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis (1948-1960). She was born Mary Wiesner, daughter of Jacob J. Wiesner & Barbara Ann Ingenthron, on 5 May 1887 in Kansas. She died in 1974 in Peoria, Illinois.
Her Volga German ancestors come from the colony of Kamenka.
Source(s):
- Sr. M. Liliosa Wiesner (FindAGrave.com)
- "Sister Mary Liliosa, of Rick Hill, Elected Mother General of Peoria Congregation of Franciscan Sisters." Southern Cross (23 October 1948): 24. [online]
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