Category: Obituaries

DUBUQUE — Sister Carolyn (Lester) Farrell, BVM, the first woman and first woman religious to serve as mayor of Dubuque, …Read More

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Sister Rosemary Murphy, O.S.B., 95, died May 28 at St. Mary Monastery. Rosemary Murphy was born …Read More

Father Philip Amidon, SJ, an Iowa City native, died May 13 at the Creighton University Jesuit community in Omaha. He …Read More

Sister Theresa Ann Spitz, RSM, 89, died May 16 at Mercy Hallmar in Cedar Rapids, after a brief illness. Theresa …Read More

DAVENPORT — Sister Maribeth Takes, CHM, 92, died May 11 at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa.  Elizabeth Jane …Read More

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Sister Anne Newcomer, O.S.B., 92, of St. Mary Monastery died May 15 at St. Mary Monastery. …Read More

DAVENPORT — Sister Marianne Nehus, CHM, 67, died May 10 at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, Iowa.  Mary Kathleen …Read More