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NUN'S GRAVEMARKERS

WHEN NUNS DIE, IN THE DOMINICAN ORDER OF SINSINAWA,
THE NAME WRITTEN ON THEIR GRAVES ARE, FIRST, THEIR
PROFESSED NAMES, E.G. SISTER MARY DOLORA, AND THEN
THEIR LAST NAME FROM SECULAR LIFE.

Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SUN PRAIRIE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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