Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Wasserman, Anita of Jesus, Sr., O.C.D.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Wasserman, Anita of Jesus, Sr., O.C.D., 1932-2015
Other form(s) of name
- Sr. Anita Wasserman
- Sr. Anita of Jesus Wasserman
- Sr. Ann Wasserman, Ann
- Sr. Annita Wasserman
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1932-2015
History
Sr. Anita (Ann) Wasserman was a nun from the Carmelite Convent of Cleveland, Ohio. She had written to Merton before entering the Carmelites in 1952. She died in April of 2015 at 82. Her brother, Edmund, had entered Gethsemani Abbey and was a good friend of Merton's. His name in religion was Fr. John of the Cross, whom Merton referred to by the nicknames "Cap" or "Cappy". The Wasserman family met with Merton when coming to Gethsemani, "adopting" him into the family. (Source: «Witness to Freedom», p. 177.)