Ursuline Sister of Louisville Dorothy Frankrone, 95, died on April 7 at Sacred Heart Home. Sister Frankrone, a native of Louisville, joined the Ursuline Sisters in 1941.
Between 1943 and 1968, she taught elementary grades at St. Boniface, St. George, Holy Trinity, St. Therese, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Rita and St. Joseph schools in Louisville. She also served at the Ursuline Speech Clinic as a speech therapist beginning in 1968 and then as the clinic’s director from 1973 to 1996.
In the early 1970s, Sister Frankrone was also an instructor in the education department of Bellarmine College (now University).
She was a 1938 graduate of the old Ursuline Academy and held a bachelor’s degree from the old Ursuline College and a master’s degree in speech language from Marquette University. Following her retirement, Sister Frankrone served as a eucharistic minister to patients at Suburban Hospital.
She is survived by her sisters, Mary Rose Frankrone Boyd and Marcella Frankrone Olliges, and brother, Raymond Frankrone of Illinois, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and her Ursuline community.
The visitation will be today, April 11, at the Ursuline Motherhouse, 3115 Lexington Road, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., followed by a vigil service at 7 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated April 12 at 11 a.m. at the Motherhouse Chapel, 3105 Lexington Road, with burial in St. Michael Cemetery.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville and mailed to the Mission Advancement Office, 3105 Lexington Road, Louisville, Ky., 40206.
