SISTER FRANCIS LOUISE HONEYCHUCK, SC, age 102, died at Caritas Christi, the motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill in Greensburg, on April 29. A native of Mount Pleasant, PA, Sister Francis Louise entered the congregation of the Sisters of Charity on March 25, 1932, from St. John the Baptist Parish, Scottdale, PA. Preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Sophia (Sidlovski) Honeychuck, and four brothers, Monsignor Robert A. Hanicak, Andrew Hanicak, Lawrence (Larry) Honeychuck, John Hanicak, and a sister, Mrs. Helen (Stephen) Stana, she is survived by nieces and nephews. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Duquesne University and a master’s degree in education from Wayne University, Detroit. After four years teaching elementary school students, Sister Francis Louise began a 58-year ministry working with hearing impaired students at DePaul School for Hearing and Speech, Pittsburgh. She specialized in teaching speech reading and speech and language development to hearing impaired students using the oral-aural method of instruction. She continued ministering at DePaul School as the program expanded in 1948, to include blind students. She received certification to become a Volunteer Braille Transcriber from the Library of Congress and transcribed textbooks and daily lessons into Braille for the blind students. In 1970, she returned to teaching the hearing impaired students at De Paul. Throughout her teaching years, she acted as a mentor for teachers who attended the University of Pittsburgh and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Sister Francis Louise continued to volunteer her services at De Paul School after she retired from formal classroom teaching. She moved to Caritas Christi in 1999, and volunteered in the archives department of the congregation. Of her life as a Sister of Charity, Sister Francis Louise reflected, “My vocation as a Sister of Charity has brought me many blessings. With regard to my ministry at De Paul School, I felt God gave me a precious gift to devote my time and efforts to teach the special students entrusted to me. I praise God for all He has done for me.”
