Sister Joseph Alphonsus Dederichs, age 94, entered into eternal life on November 6, 2017 at The Village at Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. She was born in Alvin, Texas on October 3, 1923 to Joseph and Anna (Kozlan) Dederichs.

Sister Joseph Alphonsus entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in 1938 and professed her perpetual vows in 1946.  She served in the Congregation's educational ministries in Louisiana, Missouri and Texas, including several years in the department of speech and drama at Incarnate Word College (now the University of the Incarnate Word).  Sister Joseph Alphonsus is survived and dearly missed by her nieces, Char Crane and Carlene Gerlich, relatives and friends, and by her Sisters in Christ.

Funeral Services will be held at the Village at Incarnate Word, 4707 Broadway.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Vigil Service:
November 8th at 6:30 p.m.
Chapel of the Incarnate Word

Mass of Christian Burial:
November 9th, at 11:00 a.m.
Chapel of the Incarnate Word

Interment in the Convent Cemetery

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS