Sr. Carol Hannig

August 23, 2017

08/23/2017

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Visitation
Friday August 25, 2017
1:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Mt. Saint Joseph
137 Mount St. Joseph Road
Wheeling, WV 26003
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Cemetery
Saturday August 26, 2017
Mt. Calvary Cemetery-Wheeling
1685 National Road
Wheeling, WV 26003
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Service
Saturday August 26, 2017
11:00 am
Mt. Saint Joseph
137 Mount St. Joseph Road
Wheeling, WV 26003
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Sr. Carol Hannig, CSJ        
                          

Sister Carol Hannig, daughter of the late Adolph R. and Ann Pappa Hannig, died at Wheeling Hospital on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, on September 11, 1943, and attended St. Alphonsus Grade School and Central Catholic High School. She entered the Congregation of St. Joseph in Wheeling on September 7, 1961.

Sister Carol studied at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for her Undergraduate Degree in Music Education and Liturgical Music. After teaching and being involved in Liturgical Music for four years at Wheeling Central and Cathedral Grade Schools and St. Joseph Cathedral in Wheeling, she attended West Virginia University where she attained her Master of Music Degree in Organ Performance while serving as Music Director at St. James Parish in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

From 1982 until 1997, Sister Carol served as Coordinator of Music Ministry at the Cathedral of St. Joseph Parish in Wheeling. During this time, she also served as Diocesan Coordinator for Liturgical Music and Liturgical Musician to the Bishop of the Wheeling Diocese and taught many liturgical musicians. From 1997 until 2015, she ministered as Coordinator of Music Ministries and Organist at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in St. Clairsville, Ohio. In 2011, she was appointed as Coordinator of Sisters at Mount St. Joseph.

Sister Carol served in Formation work for the Congregation. She was certified in Spiritual Direction by the Haden Institute and in Spiritual Gerontology by the Johnson Institute. She was a founding member of the Diocesan Liturgical Music Commission and was a member of the Diocesan Art and Architecture Commission, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Delta Mu Theta (the National Music Honorary), and Spiritual Directors International. She was also involved in the Ministry of Loving Unity – gathering the Wheeling Associates and served on a committee studying Positive Aging.

Sister Carol celebrated her golden jubilee at Mount St. Joseph on July 30, 2011. At that time, she shared the following: “I love being a Sister of St. Joseph. I cannot think of anything else I could do with my life which could give me so many opportunities to serve God’s people with the talents God gave me to develop and use for the Mission.”

In addition to her parents, Sister Carol was preceded in death by her brother, Steve, and her sister-in-law Kathy. She is survived by her brother, John and his wife Chris, of Wheeling; nieces: Kim Bonenberger and her husband Dan of Ann Arbor, MI; Amy Mehl and her husband Zachary of Twinsburg, OH; Mary Beth Kwak and her husband Brian of Buffalo, NY; nephews: J. Michael and his wife Connie of Colorado; T.J. and his wife Kristy of South Carolina; eight great nieces and great nephews; and several cousins.
Family and friends will be received from 1:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, August 25, at Mount St. Joseph, 137 Mount St. Joseph Road, Wheeling, where Vigil Services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 26, in the Mount St. Joseph Chapel with Rev. Mario Claro as celebrant and Very Rev. Thomas Chillog as homilist. Interment will be in the Sisters of St. Joseph section at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Congregation of St. Joseph – Wheeling Center, 137 Mount St. Joseph Road, Wheeling, WV 26003. Funeral arrangements by Altmeyer Funeral Home, Fourteenth and Eoff Streets, Wheeling. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.altmeyerfuneralhomes.com.

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Cheryl D.
6 years ago

My sincere condolences to the family. May your memories give you comfort in the days and weeks ahead, and have faith in God’s promise of seeing your loved one again by means of the resurrection. (John 5:28,29) God always fulfills his promises. (Numbers 23:19)

Judy Johnson Neiman
6 years ago

My sincere sympathy to Carol’s family. Her loss will be felt by the many people whose life she touched by her music and caring personality.

Judy Johnson Neiman
6 years ago

My sincere sympathy to Carol’s family. Carol’s loss will be felt by the many people whose life she touched through her music and caring personality.

Shelley Rohrig
6 years ago

My Deepest Sympathy to all of the Mt St Joseph Family, & John & Chris!
I loved Sr. Carol! I will continue to Pray for her in my Morning Prayers – just a different category now!!

Dennis R Albaugh
6 years ago

My sincere and deepest condolences to the family and friends of Sister Carol. Denny Albaugh

Richard Michel
6 years ago

We have fond memories of Sr. Carol, in particular when she and Sr. Mona hosted a New Year’s Eve gathering. To the family and her sisters, kindly accept our sincere sympathy at this time.
May she now rest in peace with her family, friends, and her God.
Michael McKay and Richard Michel