Sister Patricia Grosse

Sister Patricia Grosse, OSU (Sister Mary Carla) Sister Patricia Grosse, OSU (Sister Mary Carla), 92, died on September 9, 2023 at Rosary Care Center, Sylvania, OH. Sister Pat was the daughter of the late Carl and Marie (Kranz) Grosse of Madison, Wisconsin. Sister Pat was drawn to Toledo to study classical piano at Mary Manse College, Toledo, OH under Emma Endres-Kountz, an internationally distinguished pianist, teacher and lecturer who began a long association with the former college and the Ursuline Sisters in 1947. Sister Pat graduated from Mary Manse College with a Bachelor's degree in 1956, and that same year entered the Ursuline Convent. In 1974, Sister Pat earned a Master's degree from Cardinal Stritch College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sister Pat's teaching ministry included Rosary Cathedral, St. John the Baptist, St. Agnes, St. Patrick of Heatherdowns, and Good Shepherd schools in Toledo, and St. Mary's school in Tiffin, OH. She taught Remedial Reading at St. Ursula Academy for two years before becoming a certified nurse aide at Ursuline Center. Sister Pat later studied and became involved in the healing arts through healing touch and reflexology. "I enjoy working in the health care field and learning new ways of helping people. In this I feel totally encouraged by St. Angela Merici, our foundress, who encouraged us to risk new ways in going where we are needed," Sister Pat said in 2013. Sister Pat also taught piano lessons and shared her gift of music with those at Ursuline Center. Most recently, Sister Pat's ministry was one of prayer and presence. Sister Pat was preceded in death by her parents, and Brother Kenneth. She is survived by cousins and her Ursuline Sisters and Associates of the Ursuline Convent. Visitation will be held on Monday, September 18, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. at Ursuline Center Chapel, 4035 Indian Road, Toledo, Ohio, with a Funeral Mass beginning at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Resurrection Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Ursuline Convent, 4045 Indian Road, Toledo, Ohio 43606. Please sign the guest register at CoyleFuneralHome.com. Arrangements are by Coyle Funeral Home.

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Sister Patricia Grosse

June 27, 1931 - September 9, 2023