Sister Elene Marie Jobin died Saturday, March 14, 2009 at Cloud County Health Center, Concordia. She was 96 years old and in her 80th year as a Sister of St. Joseph. She was born in Lake Linden, MI on January 17, 1913 to Elzeor and Celina (Page) Jobin, the seventh of eight children, and was baptized Mary Louise. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph , Concordia, KS on July 28, 1928. On Maarch 19, 1929 Mary Louise received her habit of the Sisters of St. Joseph and was given the name Sister Elene Marie. She pronounced her first vows on March 19, 1931 and final vows on August 15, 1934. Sister Elene Marie received a B.A. in Social Science from Marymount College in Salina. She taught in schools staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Clyde, Salina, Aurora, Schoenchen, Pfeifer, Beloit, and Concordia, KS and in Silver City, NM, Grand Island, NE, and St. George, IL. In 2002, she retired to Nazareth Motherhouse. Sister Elene Marie was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, and two sisters. A Bible Vigil Service will be held Monday, march 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM in the Nazareth Motherhouse Chapel with Sister Liberata Pellerin as the eulogist. The mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 10:30 AM in the Motherhouse Chapel with Rev. Jack Schlaf presiding. The burial will be in the Nazareth Motherhouse Cemetery. Memorials may be given to the Sisters of St. Joseph Health Care/Retirement Fund or the Apostalic Works of the Sisters.