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Bickel -- Sister Juniper Bickel, 62, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, Minn., who served as an educator and health care provider, died on June 25, 1999 at Assisi Heights, Rochester. Born Mary Priscilla Bickel on December 19, 1936 in Portsmouth, Ohio, Sister Juniper entered the Franciscan Congregation in 1954 from St. Mary Parish, Portsmouth. She made profession of vows in 1957 and began her teaching career at St. Priscilla Parish, Chicago. She taught in various schools in Minnesota, Ohio and Colorado. Sister Juniper is survived by her Franciscan Community; and by brother, David Bickel and wife, Kathleen of Albuquerque; nephew, Michael Bickel, wife, Carla, and Godson, Charles Michael; nephew, Stephen Bickel and wife, Boo, and niece, Karen Almos and husband, Michael. She completed the nursing program at the College of Saint Teresa, Winona, Minn. In 1984. She ministered in the nursing profession in Albuquerque with Presbyterian Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Sunday, June 27, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes, Assisi Heights, with the Reverend Jack Krough officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Assisi Heights at the wake service at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 27. Memorial contributions may be made to Presbyterian Hospice, 8300 Constitution NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110.
        Published on: Sun June 27, 1999