A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Noel Marie Worland was celebrated April 17 at the motherhouse chapel of the Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg, Ind. Sister Noel, 101, died April 14.

A native of Shelbyville, Ind., she entered the Oldenburg Franciscan community in 1931 and made final vows in 1937. Sister Noel was a teacher and principal in New Mexico, Indiana, and Ohio. In the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, she served at Sacred Heart and St. Clement schools in Cincinnati; St. Anne in Hamilton; and St. John in Middletown.

Interment was in the convent cemetery.