Sister Beatrice Ann Kainer, CDP, 94 of San Antonio, passed away on Monday, July 6.
Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, July 17 at 11 a.m. at Annunciation Chapel, Our Lady of the Lake, 515 SW 24th St., San Antonio. Rosary and wake will be on Thursday, July 16 at 6 p.m. at Annunciation Chapel.
Born on Oct. 16, 1931 at Hackberry, she was the daughter of Anton W. and Ann (Christ) Kainer.
She professed her first vows as a Sister of Divine Providence on June 22, 1952. Although Sister Beatrice Ann initially planned to earn a business degree, she chose instead to pursue education, earning both a bachelor of science and a master’s degree in education from Our Lady of the Lake College/ University in San Antonio. She taught elementary and middle school in Catholic schools across Texas for 22 years. Over the next four years, she applied her business acumen as plant director and later director of finances at her congregation’s Moye Retreat House in Castroville. She went on to serve in similar roles at Our Lady of the Lake Convent, Stella Maris Clinic and St. Anthony Day Care over a span of 15 years. For the next 10 years, she managed cafeteria finances and the challenges of the federal lunch program at Providence Catholic School, San Antonio. When that mission was complete, she continued serving her congregation through in-house bookkeeping, mail service, sewing and crafts for the next 16 years.
In all she undertook, Sister Beatrice Ann served with faith in her provident God, meeting each opportunity and challenge with grace and gratitude. Among the lasting examples she leaves behind is this simple invitation: “smile as you abandon yourself to Providence.”
She is survived by her siblings, Dolores Fritsch, Gloria Ann Cernosek and Hubert Kainer; siblings-in-law, Clement Cernosek and Helen Marie (Ulcak) Kainer; nine nieces and nephews; and the Sisters of Divine Providence.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Anton W. and Ann Kainer; brothers Wilfred and Daniel Kainer; sister Harriet Bohac; and siblings-inlaw, Helen Lydia (Chunda) Kainer, John Bohac and Lyttleton Fritsch Jr.
Memorials may be made to Sisters of Divine Providence, 603 SW 24th St., San Antonio, TX 78207-4621.
Angelus Funeral Home of San Antonio is handling arrangements.