Sister Mary David, who for many years was the principal of Linton Hall Military School, has died on May 21, 2023. She was 93 years old.![]()
Born Doris Carolyn Nolte on October 27, 1929 in Henrico, Virginia, outside Richmond, she was one of seven children: four boys and three girls. Both her paternal grandparents were born in Germany; her maternal grandparents and her parents were all born in Virginia, according to U.S. Census records. Her oldest brother, William J. Nolte, Jr., became a Catholic priest; he died in 2002.![]()
Doris Nolte entered the Benedictine sisters convent upon graduating from St. Getrude High School in Richmond, and professed her vows in 1949, taking the religious name of Sister Mary David, presumably chosen from the names of two of her siblings. She graduated from St. Joseph's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland and St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.![]()
She was principal of Linton Hall Military School in Bristow, Virginia for several years, where she also taught Mathematics and Science, and has also taught at other schools in Virginia. She subsequently received a nursing degree and specialized in care of the elderly and hospice care. In recent years she also participated in the BEACON adult literacy program. She also resumed use of her birth name, being known in recent years as Sister Doris Nolte, OSB.
