Sister Ann Paul Mollman, OP, of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, New York, died on March 2, 2013, in Siena Hall. Born in St. Louis, MO on September 8, 1924, Mary Ann was the daughter of Paul and Gertrude Luepke Mollman. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on September 8, 1942 and became known as Sister Ann Paul, professing her first vows in 1944 and her final vows in 1949.
Sister Ann Paul earned a BA in French from Webster College, MO, and an MS in Education and Mathematics from Fordham University, NY.
She taught in the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn, NY, St. Louis and Jefferson County, MO. She was a teacher at St. Brendan, Bronx, NY (1944-45); St. Helena, Bronx, NY(1945-48); in Missouri at St. James (1948-51); St. Mark (1953-56); Holy Redeemer (1956-59); Holy Rosary HS (1959-61) and St. Dominic HS (1961-1964); Cathedral HS, New York, NY (1964-70); Rosary Academy, Sparkill, NY (1970-77); St. Edmund HS, Brooklyn, NY (1977-78); and professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY (1978-97). From 1997-2005 she offered local community service at Dominican Convent and became a resident in Siena Hall in 2005. Sister Ann Paul is predeceased by her brother Paul Mollman and is survived by her sister Mary Gert Vonderhaar of Princeton, NJ; her sister-in-law Linda Mollman of Des Moines, IA; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews and great grandnephews.
Sister Ann Paul was an excellent, professional teacher. She was patient, caring and had the ability to instill in her students the desire to learn and the confidence to be successful. Many will remember her presence in Villa St. Joseph, Saugerties, NY where she helped many to overcome their fear of the water and taught them how to swim and dive. She was faithful to the God she served for seventy years. We thank God for her life and her goodness. May the Lord shine His light upon her and give her eternal rest in the kingdom of heaven.