In Memorium Sister Evelyn Morales, IWBS

Sister Mary Evelyn Morales, IWBS (Leonor Ninfa), 86, died peacefully at Incarnate Word Convent, Nov. 9. She was born in Brownsville, Texas, on Oct. 23, 1930. She was the daughter of Francisco S. Morales and Emilia Garcia Morales. She graduated from Brownsville High School, where she was an honor student and a member of the Golden Eagle Band. Ninfa entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament on Sept. 13, 1952, and made her first profession of vows on July 31, 1954.
 
Sister Evelyn attended Brownsville’s Texas Southmost College and Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, where she was a member of Phi Theta Kappa and salutatorian of the graduating class.  She earned her BA from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio and her MS from Emporia University in Kansas. She continued her excellence in education as student and teacher and kept up her love of music and sports, always giving the cheerleaders and team enthusiastic support.
 
In her extensive teaching ministry, Sister Evelyn taught at St. Francis School in Brownsville, at Our Lady of Victory School in Beeville, at Villa Maria High School and Middle School in Brownsville, and at Incarnate Word Academy, Corpus Christi. She retired from her teaching ministry in May, 2013.
 
Through the years Sister Evelyn sponsored or directed varied extra-curricular activities.  She directed the choir in Beeville and Brownsville; she had charge of drill team and cheerleaders; she worked with Search retreats; she taught CCD; and she did Head Start work in Three Rivers . She also served in several capacities in the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Congregation.
 
Sr. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, Francisco and Emilia Garcia Morales, her sisters Dora Rodriquez and Dolores Morales. She is survived by her brother-in-law Juan Jose Rodriguez, her nephew Arnold Torres, her niece Mariela A. Rodriguez and other nephews, nieces and cousins.
 
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made, in Sister Evelyn’s memory, to Brownsville Incarnate Word Academy, 244 Resaca Boulevard, Brownsville, Texas 78520.