Ebert wins pro-life award

Published November 28, 2022

A former Arkansan was one four four recipients of People of Life Awards, chosen by the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities for lifetime contributions to the pro-life cause. The late Laura Jean Ebert was honored at a July dinner for diocesan pro-life leaders. Ebert, who died in 2021, spent her life in dedicated service to Church and the pro-life movement. She helped establish pro-life pregnancy centers in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Canada. She also served as a housemother at a maternity home in Arkansas. She was also passionate about Catholic education and worked for many years as a teacher in Illinois. She served women and children at pregnancy care centers near her home of Menominee, Mich., until her death at age 73.