Sister Mary Hortulane, Funeral services for Sister Mary Hortulane Wierciszewska will be held at the Felician Sisters' Immaculate Conception Convent Chapel, Lodi, at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012. Sister Hortulane will then be laid to rest in the Felician Sisters' Cemetery. Sister Mary Hortulane died on March 26, 2012 in Lodi. She was 99 years old and had been a Felician Sister for 81 years. A Wake Service with Evening Prayer will be held at Immaculate Conception Chapel on Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. The former Anna Wierciszewska, Sister Mary Hortulane was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1912. She entered the postulancy of the Felician Sisters in Lodi in 1930; received the Felician habit in 1931; professed her first vows in 1932 and final vows in 1938. Sister Mary Hortulane was a teacher on the elementary, secondary and college levels. From 1959 through 1970, she was a provincial councilor for the Immaculate Conception Province, Lodi. At Felician College in Lodi, she was Director of Teacher Education from 1970 through 1980. Sister Hortulane is mourned by her sister, also a Felician Sister, Sister Mary Adalbert Wierciszewska. She is also survived by nieces, nephews and many members of her extended family. Arrangements under the direction of the Shook Funeral Home, 639 Van Houten Ave., Clifton. www.ShookFH.com