Sister Therese Fang, OSF, 102, of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, died at 8:46 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at St. Francis Convent in Springfield.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. with a wake service at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 31. The Eucharistic Celebration and Rite of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father Richard Chiola at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 1, at St. Clare of Assisi Adoration Chapel at St. Francis Convent. Burial will be at Crucifixion Hill Cemetery. Staab Funeral Home in Springfield is assisting with arrangements.
Sister Therese, the former Bibiana Fang, was born in Shang Tung, Tung Ping, China, on Nov. 27, 1920, the daughter of Peter and Mary Young Fang. She entered the Congregation on March 25, 1944, and professed her religious vows on September 17, 1946.
After learning English, Sister Therese attended St. John’s Hospital School of Nursing. In 1956, she earned a certificate from St. John’s Hospital School of X-Ray. She became a registered radiological technician and served at HSHS St. John’s Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Springfield, as well as with HSHS Hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin. Sister Therese rendered her service at HSHS St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield from 1960 to 1996.
Sister Therese is survived by her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Ma of Flushing, NY, Shaun and Chloe Liang of Kensington, MD, and her Franciscan Sisters with whom she shared her life for over 79 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Peter Fang, Jr.
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