Ruth will be remembered for her quiet, caring nature and deep appreciation for community life. A Wake and Vigil of Remembrance Service was held at the Columbus Motherhouse Chapel on March 31, 2023. The funeral liturgy took place at the Columbus Motherhouse Chapel on April 1, 2023, followed by burial at St. Larsen and Lori Ane Hamel as well as many nieces and nephews. and Sarah Joan Knight Hamel, her brother, Gary M. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents, Daniel James Hamel, Sr. Ruth began a ministry of prayer and service at the Columbus, OH, Motherhouse. She served the people of that Church for eleven years, making many dear friends.Īfter her retirement in 2021, Sr. Ruth began a new ministry as a Pastoral Minister and Adult Faith Formation leader at Immaculate Conception Parish in Columbus, OH. After earning her Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Ohio Dominican University, Sr. Mary’s Retreat House in Oxford, MI, where she did office work and acted as a receptionist. Ruth began her ministry at the Congregation’s St. She completed further coursework at Oakland Community College to help her better serve in her ministries. Ruth earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the Congregation’s founded university in Columbus, OH, Ohio Dominican University. She would have celebrated 27 years of religious life this year. She entered the Congregation in 1996, made first profession in 2000 and took her final vows in 2005. And it’s that prayer life that set me on a path toward Christ.” At an early age I developed a prayer life and that’s where it starts. She prayed the rosary and made sure I made it to Church. Her religious fervor is what inspired me. She loved the peace of the Church and was always drawn to that. She was raised as a southern Baptist, but later in life she became Catholic. Ruth said, “ I owe it to my mother’s conversion. Ruth was born on May 11, 1959, one of the eight children of Sarah Knight and Daniel Hamel. Dominican Sister of Peace Ruth Hamel, OP (63), a native of Detroit, MI, died on March 27, 2023, at the Dominican Sisters of Peace Motherhouse in Columbus, OH.

Columbus dispatch obituaries march 2017