Sister Ramona Medina, Concordia
Obituary | Sister Ramona Medina of Concordia, Kansas | Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home (chaputbuoy.com)
March 14, 1937 - July 16, 2021
Sister Ramona Medina died July 16, 2021, at Nazareth Motherhouse in Concordia, KS. She was 84 years old and a religious sister for 66 years. She was born in La Jara, CO on March 14, 1937, to Juan and Celina Romero Medina, the thirteenth of fourteen children, and was baptized Elvira Elidia. She entered the Atchison Benedictine Order in 1955, then transferred to the Sisters of St. Joseph, Concordia, KS on December 21, 1980. On December 11, 1955, Elvira received the habit and was given the name Sister Ramona. She kept this name when she transferred to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS. She pronounced first vows on December 16, 1956 and final vows on January 1, 1959.
Sister Ramona received a BS in education in 1970 from Mt. St. Scholastica College, Atchison, KS. In 1983 she received a BS in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas. Sister Ramona worked as an occupational therapist in Shawnee Mission, Kansas City, Onaga, Ellsworth and McPherson, KS and in Lakeland, FL. She was elected to the Leadership Council of the Congregation in 1999 and served for eight years as a regional coordinator. In 2009 she co-founded the Neighbor to Neighbor ministry in Concordia, KS.
Sister Ramona was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and six sisters. She is survived by two sisters, S. Celinda Medina of Atchison and S. Rebecca Medina of Framingham, MA; and one brother, Luis of Monte Vista, CO.
A Bible Vigil Service will be held July 20 at 7:00 p.m. in the Nazareth Motherhouse Chapel with Sister Judy Stephens as the eulogist. The Mass of Christian Burial will be July 21 at 10:30 a.m. in the Motherhouse Chapel, Father Barry Brinkman presiding.
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The burial will be in the Nazareth Motherhouse Cemetery.
Chaput Buoy Mortuary, 325 W. 6th St., Concordia, KS is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials for Sister Ramona Medina may be given to the Sisters of St. Joseph Health Care/Retirement Fund or the Apostolic Works of the Sisters, P.O Box 279, Concordia, KS 66901.
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