Margaret Grawe was born March 1, 1886 on a farm near Bartelso, Illinois. She had great devotion to the Sacred Heart, which she cherished till the end of her life. At the age of thirteen she contracted black typhoid fever, and it took over a year for her to fully regain her health. Her first contact with Sisters was in 1904, when the Clyde press began sending leaflets and pamphlets to her father. Gradually the desire to become a Sister of Perpetual Adoration grew in her, and on Sept. 2, 1904 she entered at Clyde as a postulant. She received the Benedictine habit Feb. 21, 1905; made her first profession of vows March 10, 1906 and her final vows July 5, 1913. She celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1954 and her Diamond Jubilee in 1964. On April 4, 1953 she had the privilege of consecration of virgins when a member of the Kansas City community.

When a young Sister, Sister M. Michaele worked in the kitchen, separated the milk and churned the butter. Later she was assigned to garden work. In 1919 she joined the community at Chewelah, Washington, returning to Clyde in March, 1928 when that foundation was discontinued. In November 1943 she became a pioneer member of the Kansas City priory, and for twenty-five years was a devoted and joyful participant in community life, first on Rockhill Road and then on Holy Hill. Though Sister suffered for years from stomach ulcers and a heart condition.

She was ever faithful to Adoration and the Divine Office,and conscientious in fulfilling her duties. Her principal work was the sorting and packing of altar breads, and she esteemed it a privilege to have charge of the adoration board, assigning the hours for each Sister.

Among her outstanding characteristics were cheerfulness, childlike openness and sincerity; she was tender-hearted and kind, faithful and exact in every duty, always concerned for others. She had a high esteem for priests and prayed much for their sanctification. To her great joy, one of her nephews became a priest.

By March, 1958 Sister's health had declined to the point of necessitating her transfer to the Clyde infirmary. There she was able to assist at Holy Mass daily in a wheelchair, and to work in the craft room, where her specialty was making hooked rugs. The sudden death of her sister, Sister Mary Ann, on March 24, 1972 was a great shock to her, as they were tenderly devoted to each other. But the separation was not to be for long. An attack of illness during Holy Week (the last week of March) just a few days after Sister Mary Ann's burial, became acute and she was taken to the hospital at Maryville. She died there on April 27th, just a month after her sister's death. She was eighty-six years of age and in the sixty seventh year of her religious profession. Her funeral Mass was concelebrated by her nephew, Father Alvin Grawe and the Clyde chaplain, Father Aidan, O.S.B.