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Charlotte Gambol SCN
Bardstown, Kentucky
Age 90
Charlotte Gambol, SCN, 90, was called to her heavenly home on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020.
She was preceded in death by her parents Andrew and Mary Gambol.
She was buried in the Nazareth Cemetery on Thursday, Aug. 20.
A memorial Mass will be held at a later date.
Ratterman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Published in The Kentucky Standard from Aug. 21 to Aug. 22, 2020.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/charlotte-gambol-obituary?pid=196679900

[Sisters of Charity of Nazareth]

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Sister Charlotte’s Burial posted by Diane Curtis

For the last few years she was in God's waiting room, now she is dwelling in everlasting peace.

Christian Standard Bible
Matthew 25:23
“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy.’

1986-2020 Gambol family matriarch as the oldest living Gambol.
Thanks, Sister C.
Love, Shawna Gambol Woodard (her first cousin's daughter)

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Charlotte Gambol, SCN
by Spalding Hurst | Aug 18, 2020 | 2 comments
Charlotte Gambol, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020, at the age of 90 and in the 73rd year of her religious life. Sister entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1947. The Vincentian Sisters of Charity merged with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 2008.

She received her Bachelor of Education degree from Duquesne University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University. As a gifted English, Religion, and Art teacher, Sister Charlotte devoted herself to the teaching profession for 48 years in the dioceses of Pittsburgh and Greensburg, PA. At the age of 70, she went back to school to get her license in cosmetology. Although she didn’t know anything about this field, she bravely undertook this ministry because she felt it would benefit the community. After obtaining her license, she operated a small beauty salon for the older sisters who couldn’t get hairstyling services.

Many people are the proud owners of a set of her “one of a kind” Christmas carolers. She began making these adorable caroler sets in 1975. Sister Charlotte also used her artistic talent to scour the thrift stores for clothes for the sisters. She likened it to a treasure hunt.

Sister Charlotte spent her retirement years at St. Louise Convent in Pittsburgh, Carrico Hall in Nazareth, Kentucky, and at Nazareth Home in Louisville, Kentucky, where she died.

Sister Charlotte was preceded in death by her parents Andrew and Mary Gambol. She is survived by her cousins, friends, and by her Sisters in Community.

Sister Charlotte will be buried in the Nazareth Cemetery on Thursday, August 20, 2020, at 10 a.m. The prayer ritual will be filmed and will be shared.


A Memorial Mass will be held at a later date.



Funeral Arrangements are being handled by Ratterman Funeral Home, 3800 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY. Memorials may be sent to the SCN Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY, 40048.


2 Comments

James M. Tetzlaf on August 20, 2020 at 9:57 pm

Sister Charlotte was a member of our family. She was my mother’s first cousin and as they were only children in some ways they grew up together more as siblings than cousins. My earliest memories of visiting the convent on McKnight Road included the walks down to the farm, being afraid of the sometimes aggressive roosters, seeing the pigs and the beautiful grounds. I met many fine members of the community on our visits, many of the nuns who have proceeded sister to our heavenly father. There were visits to our home as well in Bedford Heights Ohio, another great opportunity to meet other members of the Vincentian community. Of course in the earliest days, she would have to stay at a local convent. I have pictures of Charlotte on the beach in her full habit. I was inspired and touched by her love and gentle kind nature. She was a wonderful woman full of faith, and understanding. I had told her what a joy she was during a visit to Pittsburgh a year or so ago when she was feeling ill. I have seen letters from previous students which she treasured. She has touched many lives and now is with God, with mind and body restored, and spreading joy again.
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Joanne Marie Andiorio on August 20, 2020 at 1:59 pm

As an SCNA from Pittsburgh, I had the opportunity to meet, eat, pray, sing with and experience this “one of a kind” art infused woman. In life, we may not understand the challenges each other faces but in death, we have clear eyes that focus on the “work of art” that God created, which in this case was Charlotte. She was always dressed so lovely in her thrift store wardrobe happily sharing the pennies she paid for each outfit! I am the proud owner of 3 of her carolers which will continue to remind me of this talented woman each holiday season. She chose to move to Nazareth perhaps as a final fiat knowing that she was welcome there. We are sorry that she only had a brief time among you, but happy that her long suffering years have ended and now she has real peace and comfort with the God she served and the family with whom she is now united.

https://scnfamily.org/charlotte-gambol-scn/

1930 census - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, OH, Dist 488, Roll T626 1778 p 36 A.
Name: Andrew Gambol
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
District: 0488
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son-in-law
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son-in-law
Birth Year (Estimated): 1905
Birthplace: Ohio
Immigration Year: 1903
Father's Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Mother's Birthplace: Czechoslovakia
Sheet Number and Letter: 36A
Household ID: 27
Line Number: 12
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T626
Affiliate Film Number: 1778
GS Film number: 2341512
Digital Folder Number: 004638917
Image Number: 00908


Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Anna Vavrek Head F 57 Czechoslovakia
Andrew Gambol Son-in-law M 25 Ohio
Mary Gambol Daughter F 26 Ohio
Leona Gambol Granddaughter F 0 Ohio



Citing this Record:
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X43T-R2D : accessed 27 March 2015), Andrew Gambol in household of Anna Vavrek, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0488, sheet 36A, family 27, line 12, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1778; FHL microfilm 2,341,512.

1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T627).
Andrew Janbol
United States Census, 1940
Name Andrew Janbol
Event Type Census
Event Date 1940
Event Place Ward 29, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 35
Marital Status Widowed
Race (Original) White
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Stepson
Relationship to Head of Household Stepson
Birthplace Ohio
Birth Year (Estimated) 1905
Last Place of Residence Same House
HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE
Andrew Stupjansky Head M 65 Slovakia
Mary Stupjansky Wife F 55 Slovakia
Andrew Janbol Stepson M 35 Ohio
Leonia Janbol Granddaughter F 10 Ohio

Roaming Shores 50 Years, 1966-2016: a Memoir Compiled and edited by Shawna Gambol Woodard and Cheryl Fain 5 July 2016 Roaming Shores, Ohio

Posted by Shawna Woodard, permission granted to reproduce on werelate.org

Sister Charlotte, Queen of the Crappie!
Sister Mary Charlotte Gambol, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, was a frequent visitor to Roaming Shores until health concerns prevented her from making the journey from Pittsburgh. Her brother, Mike Gambol, and her sister, Midge Gambol Bash, both had houses on the lake. Through the years she has made a number of friends and fishing companions in the village. Dad (Mike) had a deep freeze and Sister C kept it well stocked with meal-ready fish. Each day she would be at the Shores she would start early fishing from the dock and quit when she was tired and hot. Occasionally one of her fishing buddies would take her out in a bass or pontoon boat. Charlotte would have a "catch of the day" in mind and keep only crappie that day (or only perch or bass, season dependent). The keepers were ones over a certain number of inches long.
She would clean and filet them, making sure to take out each bone and that vein along the vertebrae that other fishermen and women might miss. I am often leery of eating fish that inexperienced fishers have fileted. It is so easy to miss some of the bones. I haven't ever mastered the art of taking fish off the bone, so I appreciate very much her ability.
The fish would be sorted into quart sized freezer bags and labelled by species and date. Throughout the year we would have baked, breaded, fried, etc. fish from her times of visiting. She was a guest that earned her keep! -- Shawna Gambol Woodard

She took the religious name Mary Charlotte after the Blessed Virgin Mother and a St. Charles ? I think it was Charles Borromeo. I'm not Catholic, so I may have this wrong, but it was Charles somebody. She also took the name in honor of her first cousin, Charlotte, on her mother's side. She always went by Sister Charlotte or Sister C. although technically she was sister Mary Charlotte. Church documents will probably say M. Charlotte.-- Shawna Gambol Woodard

Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1998
Name: Leona Gambol
Birth Date : 9 Jan 1930
Birth Place: Ohio, USA
Certificate Number: 1930001947

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2
Name: Sr M C Gambol
Birth Date: 9 Jan 1930
Address: 8200 McKnight Rd
Residence Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Zip Code: 15237-5762
Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pennsylvania)02 May 1968, ThuPage 7 Student Art Exhibition, listed as art teacher of a junior who won a prize

News Record (North Hills, Pennsylvania)19 May 1965, WedPage 26
listed as art teacher of a Vincentian High School student

Sister Charlotte on a jet ski! Mike owned a jet ski and Charlotte would see him zooming all over while Charlotte fished. One day she asked to try it out. She went very slowly. If you know how jet skis work, you know that you can't drive them slowly - they stall. After a few stalls, she did a few slow loops and came in for a landing. She was satisfied she could say she had piloted a jet ski! She was about 65 years old then. (I take after Charlotte rather than Mike, I like just a little wind in my hair, not too much).-- Shawna Gambol Woodard

https://obituaries.post-gazette.com/obituary/charlotte-gambol-scn-1079725685
Pittsburgh Post Gazette

CHARLOTTE GAMBOL, SCN

August 15, 2020
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Charlotte Gambol, SCN, was called to her heavenly home on Saturday, August 15, 2020, at the age of 90, and in the 73rd year of her religious life. Sister Entered the Congregation of the Vincentian Sisters of Charity from Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Cleveland, Ohio in 1947. The Vincentian Sisters of Charity merged with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in 2008. She received her Bachelor of Education degree from Duquesne University, and Master of Fine Arts degree from Catholic University. As a gifted English, Religion and Art teacher, Sister Charlotte devoted herself to the teaching profession for 48 years in the dioceses of Pittsburgh and Greensburg, PA. At the age of 70, she went back to school to get her license in cosmetology. Although she didn't know anything about this field, she bravely undertook this ministry because she felt it would be beneficial to the community. After obtaining her license, she operated a small beauty salon for the older sisters who couldn't get out to obtain hairstyling services. Many people are the proud owners of a set of her "one of a kind" Christmas carolers. She began making these adorable caroler sets in 1975. Sister Charlotte also used her artistic talent to scour the thrift stores for clothes for the sisters. She likened it to a treasure hunt. Sister Charlotte's retirement years were spent at St. Louise Convent in Pittsburgh, Carrico Hall in Nazareth, KY and at Nazareth Home in Louisville, where she died. Sister Charlotte was preceded in death by her parents Andrew and Mary Gambol. She is survived by her cousins, friends and by her Sisters in Community. Sister Charlotte will be buried in the Nazareth Cemetery on Thursday, August 20, 2020, at 10 a.m. The prayer ritual will be filmed and will be shared. A Memorial Mass will be held at a later date. Funeral Arrangements are being handled by RATTERMAN AND SONS FUNERAL HOME, 3800 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY. Memorials may be sent to the SCN Office of Mission Advancement, P.O. Box 9, Nazareth, KY, 40048. Online condolences may be shared at www.Ratterman.com
Published on August 20, 2020

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194707030080
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GAMBOL ANDREW J DEC
GRANTOR
GAMBOL LEONA M
GRANTEE
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HINES PAMELA E
GRANTEE
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Property Address
E 140 OHIO
Parcel ID
137-19-024
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GRANTOR
DANA SUSAN ADM
GRANTEE
GAMBOL LEONA
GRANTEE
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Sandusky Avenue East, Union Heights, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

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Document Number:
194804120135
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4/12/1948 0:00 AM
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GAMBOL FRANK C GDN
GRANTOR
GAMBOL LEONA M /GDN
GRANTOR
GAMBOL ANDREW /GDN
GRANTOR
GAMBOL MARY DEC,/GDN
GRANTOR
DANA SUSAN
GRANTEE
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No property address found.

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No parcel data found.

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Sandusky Avenue SE Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Mary Louise Gambol went to a private residential high school, Vincentian Academy in Pittsburgh, PA. Our cousin, Sr. Charlotte, was our directress and was very strict with us. Once Mary thought the nuns made sloppy blessings in the morning, so as a prank, April Fool, she put ink in the holy water fount and as the nuns blessed themselves they showed their sloppy blessings on their white collars and coifs. - - email from Margaret Gambol Bash to Shawna Gambol Woodard on 6 Dec 2022 https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Gambol_%282%29

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August 4, 1935 page women's 3 Announcing the marriage of Miss Mary Shima and Joseph Hussar at Holy Family Church. Leona Gambol was flower girl.