Sister Therese Celine (Margaret) Craven, 89 years old, died at Maryvale in Valley City, North Dakota, on October 24, 2024. She was well cared for by the staff of St. Anne’s and CHI Home and Hospice. Visitation will be held at 6:30 p.m., with a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m., on Wednesday, October 30. The Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 31, 2024. All services will take place at Maryvale Chapel, 11550 River Road, Valley City, ND.
Margaret was born on January 11, 1935, in Spring Valley, Illinois, to William and Theresa (Lami) Craven. She graduated from Hall Township High School in 1951. She made vows of consecrated chastity, obedience, and poverty to God with the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation on August 18, 1953. She received her bachelor’s degree in English and Education from Great Falls College, Great Falls, Montana, in August 1966. She also received a Licentiate in Religious Studies at St. Teresa’s College, Winona, Minnesota, and in Pastoral Ministry from St. Cyril and Methodius College, Orchard Lake, Michigan.
Sister Therese Celine served as an elementary teacher at St. Patrick’s School in Washington, Illinois (1953-61); St. Catherine’s School in Valley City, ND (1961-71, 1972-77); and St. Boniface School in Walhalla, ND (1984-89). She was the coordinator of Adult Education and Religion at St. Patrick’s Parish in Washington, IL (1971-72); she provided pastoral assistance at St. Catherine’s Parish, Valley City (1977-81); coordinated Faith Formation and Pastoral Ministry at St. Joachim’s Parish and SMPH – St. Kateri in Rolla, ND (1981-84); served in Parish Ministry at St. Boniface Parish, Walhalla, ND (1989-91); and was a Religious Educator Coordinator and provided Pastoral Ministry at St. Anthony’s Parish (Nativity of Our Lord) in Spring Valley, IL (1991-95). She later visited the sick and home-bound at St. Patrick’s Parish in Washington, IL (1997-2005) and at St. Cecilia’s Parish in Harvey, ND (2005-10) before retiring to Maryvale, Valley City, in 2010.
She is survived by her Religious Community, the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation; her niece, Jane (Mick) Weberski; her nephew, Bill Craven; and numerous grand-nephews and grand-nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; her siblings, James (Judy), William (Edna), and Marie (Earl) Sadnick; and her niece, Mary Ann Reeling.