Sister Bernice Kurt, RSM
11/9/1933 to 7/26/2012
Teacher, Principal, Chaplain, Woman of Deep Faith
Sister Bernice Kurt, RSM, age 78, died on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Mercy Hallmar Care Center in Cedar Rapids after a short battle with cancer.
Sister Bernice was the seventh child of 12 children born to John G. and Ella (Moorman) Kurt in Bernard, Iowa on Nov. 9, 1933. She attended St. Patrick School in Garryowen and graduated from Mount Mercy Academy in Cedar Rapids in 1952. In August, 1950, just before her 17th birthday, she entered the Sisters of Mercy where she joined her sister, Mary.
Sister Bernice spent 26 years in education, 14 years as a teacher in parochial schools in Ames, Decorah, Cedar Rapids, and Fairfax, Iowa. She also served 12 years in administration serving as teacher and principal at Our Lady of Grace School in Edina, Minn., and at St. Patrick's, Fairfax, Iowa; and as principal at All Saints in Cedar Rapids, at St. Nicholas, Evansdale, and St. John's, Waterloo.