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Colorado nun dies six days shy of 106th birthday

Sister Richardis Durant died Oct. 20 at Mount St. Francis in Colorado Springs, Colo., the motherhouse of the Western province of the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. Sister Durant, who entered the convent in the era of World War I and Prohibition, died just six days shy of her 106th birthday. She is pictured in a 2005 photo.

A religious sister who entered the convent in the era of World War I and Prohibition died just six days shy of her 106th birthday.