Elizabeth Rudholzner was born in Columbus, Ohio on Jan. 9, 1889. Both parents came from Germany. On Jan. 12, 1911 she followed the star that led her to Clyde to become a perpetual adorer. She received the habit on Aug. 26, 1911 and offered her first vows to God on Jan. 18, 1913. On Aug. 24, 1918 she sealed her commitment to her Divine Bridegroom with perpetual vows.

Endowed with a brilliant mind and possessed of a wide range of talents and skills, she was a genius in many ways. She had an extensive knowledge of a variety of subjects, and an advanced commercial training and keen business acumen, acquired through some years of experience in the business world. She was also a beautiful penman and was apt in fine needle-work. Sister was a prodigious worker, meticulously exact in everything she did. But withal she was a person of childlike openness and simplicity and an ardent nature lover, taking keen delight in even the smallest works of creation. She also had a sparkling sense of humor and a hearty laugh, and liked to share with others amusing anecdotes or comic incidents that came to her notice. But most of all, Sister impressed those who knew her as a sincere, God-seeking religious, very prayerful and detached, wholly devoted to the acceptance of the Divine will in every circumstance. How often one would hear her say, "Now let’s take that as the holy will of God."

About a year after her first vows (in 1914) Sister was sent to the new foundation in Chewelah, Washington, where her many abilities and her cheerful, prayerful spirit were a great asset. After her return to Clyde in 1917, she became an assistant secretary to Father Lukas in the CARITAS work undertaken after World War I. Her knowledge of German served well in the voluminous correspondence with prelates, priests and religious in various European countries, plus some 2400 students who received scholarships. In addition she had custody of the convent's growing treasury of relics, with authority to encase, seal and authenticate relics, as needed. With the help of one or two others, she prepared and ornamented plaques on which the reliquaries were mounted and placed in the niches in the Relic Chapel. Deep reverence for the mementoes of holy persons and places made this an esteemed work for her, to which she devoted long hours often at the cost of rest. Sister M. Priscilla, who became her able assistant in later years, can vouch for the prayerful, reverent spirit in which all this was done.

As Subprioress for Mother M. Dolorosa from 1931 to 1938, Sister carried much responsibility because of Mother's frequent trips to Mundelein and absence for other business. At the first General Chapter in the fall of 1938 when the Generalate began to function, Sister was elected Second Councilor and Secretary General, serving as such for two consecutive six-year terms. In 1950 she became third Councilor General, but died in the middle of her term.

Sister suffered much in her later years from various ailments and complications. Poor circulation made walking and standing painful, and she suffered intensely from eczema. Early in January 1953 she came down with the flu, which developed into pneumonia and kept her in the infirmary for several weeks. Chafing under this forced idleness, she was looking forward eagerly to the doctor's visit in the evening of the 29th, in the hope of being permitted to return to her work. As it was the feast of St.Francis de Sales, she asked the Sisters to pray so that he would get her out of the infirmary. He did but not in the way she expected!

Sisters in and out of her room during the day had found her alert and active, even up until almost supper time. Shortly after six o'clock, Sister M. Hyacinth stopped in as usual to see if Sister wanted or needed anything, and to her amazement found her in a dying condition. The Superiors, nurses, chaplain and the doctor hastened to her bedside, but found that her soul had taken its flight to God. The doctor attributed her death to a coronary embolism. Sister had been to confession a few hours before, and had made a general confession recently in preparation for retreat. She had also received anointing, so her death was sudden but not unprepared.

Sister M. Aurelia was sixty-four years old, the first of the Consecrated Virgins and the 100th member of the Congregation to die. Appropriately the Mass offered for her the next morning was in honor of the holy angels, which is customarily offered at the burial of children. (It had been arranged for Mother M. Thiadildis' nameday.) She was always deeply interested in every member of the community, from the oldest to the youngest - an interest which she no doubt still retains, in an intensified degree.