Sister M. June Hoffman

Sister M. June Hoffman (Sister Alphonse Marie) June Hoffman grew up on the southwest side of Chicago and attended St. Gall School where she was taught by Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary. When she was in 8th grade she was called to the school office where a Sister told June she might have a vocation to religious life and suggested she attend Holy Family Academy in Beaverville. June enrolled at HFA in 1944. It is always a wondrous thing when we have certainty about the path to which God is calling us. For June, that happened on a February night during Forty Hours Devotion, a special period of prayer. During midnight prayer, June became convinced that this was the time to move forward with her vocation. She spoke with the principal who told her to ask her mother for permission to enter the convent. (June’s father had died when she was 4.) Over the years, the memory of June’s approach must have brought many smiles to her mom’s face. They were out on a shopping trip to pick out Easter outfits when June said, “I know how I can save you some money…” With her mother’s approval, June the novitiate that July. Sister June taught for thirty years area, locally at Holy Family Academy, Beaverville, and St. Patrick Academy, Momence. She also taught at St. Gall, Chicago, and at St. Mary Magdalene, Joliet. She served as Novice Director and Provincial Superior. Her last years of ministry were spent at St. Anne Center in Rockford, Illinois where she spread love and joy among the residents. Family Love was the charism that first attracted Sister June to the Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary and remained the driving force in her ministry of love and presence .Sister June Hoffman died peacefully at St. Anne Center on December 13, 2023. She was predeceased by her parents Elizabeth and Alphonse, and siblings Jack (Catherne), George (Lillian), Anne Marie (Michael) Alberts, Janet (Florian) Kordas, Delores (Cornelius) O’Leary, and nephew Jackie. She is survived by 23 nieces and nephews, many grandnieces and nephews, several great nieces and nephews, scores of friends and her Sisters, Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Church in Beaverville, Illinois, Wednesday, December 20, at 11:00 am with visitation beginning at 10:00 am. Donations in her memory may be made to Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary, 2041 West State Route 113, Kankakee, Illinois, 60901.

Sister M. June Hoffman

April 23, 1925 - December 13, 2023