Sr. Carita Kemble, SC, died  at Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati in Delhi Township, Ohio. She was 94, and was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 76 years.

She was born Catherine Mary Kemble on April 29, 1917, in Cincinnati, the daughter of Lee J. and Catherine (Elsaesser) Kemble. She earned the Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati in 1941; the Master of Arts in English from Xavier University, Cincinnati, in 1951; and the master’s in speech pathology from the University of Cincinnati in 1974.

She ministered almost exclusively as a high school and college instructor of speech and drama, including at Shrine of the Little Flower,Royal Oak, (1954-61).

In 1999, Sr. Kemble was awarded the Mother Seton Award, an honor recognizing the valuable contributions and service rendered to the Sisters of Charity by people within and outside the congregation. 

Her brothers Lee and Joseph Kemble as well as nieces and nephews survive Sr. Carita Kemble. She was preceded in death by her brother Frank and Sr. Helen Stevens.

Sr. Kemble chose to donate her body to medical science.

A memorial Mass was celebrated Oct. 22, in the chapel of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati Motherhouse, Mount St. Joseph, Ohio. The formal Mass of Christian Burial will be held at a later date.

Memorials to the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati Retirement Fund, 5900 Delhi Rd., Mount St. Joseph, Ohio 45051.