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2005
Sister Mildred Lusting
Sister Mildred (Esther Elizabeth
Henrietta) Lustig, 91, died at the Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, on May
30, 2005. The fourth of 11 children, she was born July
11, 1913, to Victor George and Mary Elizabeth Jansen Lustig of Greencreek, ID.
Sr. Mildred entered St. Gertrude’s in 1931 and made profession as a Benedictine
Sister in 1933. She spent the next 20 years teaching primary grades throughout
Washington and Idaho: St. Gertrude’s Academy and St. Joseph’s, Cottonwood; St.
Mary’s, Chewelah; St Maries Academy, St. Maries; Guardian Angel, Colton; St.
Joseph’s, Genesee; St. Anthony’s, Nezperce; St. Paul’s, Nampa; and in the public
schools in Genesee, Ferdinand, Greencreek and Keuterville.
In 1953, Sr. Mildred moved into the medical records profession after recovering
from ovarian cancer. She helped organize the records at St. Benedicts in Jerome,
ID, then moved on to the medical records department at St. Mary’s Hospital in
Cottonwood. Sr. Mildred was one of the initial founders of the Idaho Medical
Record Association (now the Idaho Health Information Management Association).
She served as its vice president (1964-66), director (1967, 1970, 1972-73), and
the editor of its professional journal, Mountain Echoes (1966, 1969), which is
still published today.
After her retirement in 1979, she spent the next 20 years ministering as
companion, cook and nurse for a number of families throughout Idaho, including
her own sister Zita Schmidt of Cottonwood.
Playful, daring, precise, intelligent, tenacious, prayerful, idealistic and
sometimes impractical, assertive, refined, charming and self-giving are words
that flow easily as her family, friends and co-workers remember Sister Mildred.
Above all she wanted to live as fully as she could and have her life count
toward the betterment of the world every single day.
She was preceded in death by her brothers John, Father Victor, and Lambert; and
her sisters Zita (Lawrence) Schmidt, Louise (Edgar) Welch, Bernadine, and
Loretta (George) Reese. She is survived by her monastic community, her sisters
Agnes (Joseph A.) Schmidt, Dolores (James W.) Seubert, and Rita (Maurice) Wimer
and numerous nieces and nephews and their families.
A Vigil Service was held in the Monastery chapel on June 1st at 7:30 pm. The
Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on June 2nd at 2:00 pm in the chapel
with Rev. Meinrad Schallberger, OSB, Monastery Chaplain, presiding and Sister
Jean Lalande, OSB, Prioress, giving the Reflections.
Memorials may be made to the Monastery of St. Gertrude, 465 Keuterville Road, Cottonwood,
ID 83522-5183.
Uhlorn Funeral Home, Cottonwood, were in charge of funeral arrangements.
Sister Barbara
Gonzales
 Benedictine
Sister Barbara (Mary Teresita) May Gonzales, 66, of the Monastery of St.
Gertrude, Cottonwood, ID, died of a heart attack, Tuesday, January 18, 2005. She
had been with her family after the death of her sister, Toni Pierce, in Gooding,
ID, when she was life-flighted to Boise. She died en route.
Sr. Barbara was born May 1, 1938, to Jose and Duby Velasquez Gonzales in Burly,
ID. She entered the Monastery of St. Gertrude in 1955 and made her temporary
Profession as Sr. Mary Teresita in 1957. She taught school at St. Joseph's in
Cottonwood; St. Anthony's in Pocatello; St. Mary's in Boise and Sts. Peter and
Paul in Grangeville.
In 1961 when it was time for her to make final Profession, Sr. Barbara felt led
to leave community. During her years away she volunteered with St.Gertrude's
sisters in Bogota, Colombia, taught in parochial schools and Head Start, and
worked as a legal secretary in Gooding, ID.
In 1983, Sr. Barbara re-entered the monastery and made final Profession in 1983.
Her love and calling was to Hispanic Ministry: at Boise State University; for
Idaho Migrant Council in Gooding; as English As Second Language (ESL) teacher at
Gooding Junior and Senior High Schools; in the parishes in Gooding, Caldwell and
Meridian, ID; and at Idaho Legal Aid Services in Twin Falls, where she was
employed at the time of her death.
She will be long remembered for her deep faith, zest for life and energetic
response to justice needs.
Sr. Barbara was preceded in death by her sister, Toni Pierce. She is survived by
her monastic community and her sisters, Stella and Jim Murray of Gooding, Fran
Hernandez of Twin Falls, Georgia and Eldon Wright and Rita and Fred Boger of
Boise, and Josie Roberts of Hood River, OR; her brothers, Joe Gonzales, Jr. and
Lou and Loral Gonzales of Gooding, ID, and many nieces and nephews.
A Vigil service was held Friday, January 21, 7:00 pm in the Chapel at the
monastery. The Mass of Christian Burial was on Saturday, January 22, 1:00 pm
with Fr. Meinrad Schallberger, Monastery Chaplain, officiating and Prioress Jean
Lalande giving the reflection. Memorials may be made to The Monastery of St.
Gertrude in Cottonwood, ID.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Uhlorn Funeral Home in
Cottonwood, ID.
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Benedictine
Sisters, Monastery of St. Gertrude, Cottonwood, Idaho
