Sister Celine Leeker, 89, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died March 25, 2019, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 70th year of religious life. She was a native of Olathe, Kan.
Sister Celine was an Ursuline Sister of Paola, Kan., prior to its merger with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008. She had an ever-present radiant smile, and loved to welcome people and make them feel at home. She was an educator for 41 years in Kansas and Oklahoma, and was formation director for her community from 1975-79. She moved to Maple Mount in 2009.
Survivors include the members of her religious community; four sisters, Margaret Hutchinson and Agnes Phelps, both of Overland Park, Kan., Catherine Leeker of Shawnee, Kan., and Rose Leeker of Gardner, Kan.; a brother, John Leeker, of Wichita, Kan., nieces and nephews.
The funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, at Mount Saint Joseph, where visitation will begin Wednesday at 4 p.m., with a wake service following at 6:30 p.m.
Glenn Funeral Home and Crematory, Owensboro, is handling arrangements.
Donations in memory of Sister Celine may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.