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Show Death cf Sister Agatha. The hearts of many old pupils of St. Mary's were saddened by the announcement an-nouncement of the death of Sister Agatha, which occurred on Tuesday, July 9, at the Loretto convent near Fort Logan. Sister Agatha was one of the little band of Lorettines that settled in Santa Fe, N. M., in 1858, and six years later came to Colorado and established St. Mary's academy on Fourteenth and California streets, the first and for some time the only school in Denver. This arduous Journey by ox team over the Indian-infested prairies prai-ries was undertaken at the earnest so- lieitaHnn nf the salntoH Riclinn tllornVi. beouf, who until the day of his death remained the staunch and true friend of the sisters. Sister Agatha was born in Tipperary, Ireland, seventy-seven years ago, and was known in the world as Ellen Wall. In early womanhood she came to America and shortly after entered the novitiate of the Sisters of Loretto at Loretto, Ky., the mother house of the order. Sister Agatha taught at the academy on California street until the new boarding school at Loretto Heights was built, when she was transferred to it and remained one of the most able members of the faculty until a few years ago, when she was retired on account of her advanced age. In 1904 Sister Agatha celebrated the golden jubilee of her reception into the order, on which occasion she was the recipient of many tokens of love and messages of congratulation from her old pupils. Her funeral occurred Thursday morning, July 11, from the convent chapel. Interment was made in the sisters' lot. |