In Memoriam

Sister Sheila Mullins, OP, of the Dominican Sisters, Sparkill, New York, died on August 19, 2026, in Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY. She was 86 years old.

Sister Joan Bartin, OP, of the Dominican Sisters, Sparkill, New York, died on August 19, 2026, in Siena Hall, Dominican Convent. She was 95 years old.

Our own Sister Augusta Conter, OP, 9 (formerly S. Francesca), was welcomed home by God on August 7, 2026. She was 93 years old and had devoted 75 years to religious life.

Sr. Marie Bordages, O.P. (Therese Catherine) entered eternal life on Thursday, August 6, 2026.

Sister Margaret Charles Kociolek, OP of the Dominican Sisters of Hope, entered eternal life on Monday, August 3, 2026, at the Wartburg in Mount Vernon, NY. She was 97 years of age.

Dominican Sister of Peace Judene Lillie, OP, (95), a native of Menlo, IA, died at Mohun Health Care Center, Columbus, OH, on July 30, 2026.

Sister Mary Martin Joseph, OP, died July 26, 2026. She was born May 8, 1943, and named Stanley. She made profession in 1963 and received the religious name of Sister Mary Martin.

Sister Barbara Hansen, OP, of Grand Rapids was gently called home to God on July 19, 2026, at the age of 87, after 69 years of joyful and faithful Dominican religious life.

Dominican Sister of Peace Mary Bergin, 91, died July 7, 2026, at Mohun Care Center in Columbus. She was born in Washington, Dc, to John and Mary (Keegan) Bergin in 1935 and entered the congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine de’ Ricci (now the Dominican Sisters of Peace) in 1954. She took the religious name Sister Mary John Vercelli. She professed her final vows six years later.

Sister Maureen Bradshaw, OP, of the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, New York died on July 28, 2026 in Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Nyack, NY. She was 75 years of age.

On the Feast of St. James, July 25, 2026, our beloved Sister Anne Christine Janke was called home by the God she loved and served for 63 years as a Sister of St. Dominic. She was 81 years old.

Sister Kathleen Voss, formerly known as Sister William Lorraine, died on Friday, July 24, 2026, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 85 years of age and in the 65th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Dominican Sister of Peace Betty Doskey, (96), a native of New Orleans, LA, died on July 22, 2026, at Mohun Health Care Center, Columbus, OH.

Sister Christa Marsik, baptized Vlasti Ann Marsik, died on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 88 years of age and in the 66th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Roseann Hanley, M.M., a Maryknoll Sister of 76 years known for her love of the arts and dedicated service to youth, died on July 6, 2026. She was 98.