Sister Marian Hurley, BVM (1928-2018)

HURLEY, CLARK

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 6/4/2018 at 15:13:56

Sister Marian Hurley, BVM (William Marie), 90, of 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, passed away May 1, 2018, at Marian Hall.

Visitation will be from 9–10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in the Marian Hall Chapel, followed immediately by a Sharing of Memories and Mass of Christian Burial. Burial is in the Mount Carmel cemetery.

Sister Marian taught elementary school in Chicago, Grayslake, and Maywood, Ill.; West Hempstead, N.Y.; and San Francisco. She served in parish ministry, as director of religious education, and volunteer in Los Angeles and Glendale, Calif.

She was born in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 26, 1928, to William and Marian Clark Hurley. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1946, from St. Jerome Parish, Chicago. She professed first vows on March 19, 1949, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1954.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers: William J., Frank, Rev. John, and James Vincent; and sister Mary Catherine Gillies. She is survived by sisters-in-law: Irene Hurley, Norton Shores, Mich.; Jane Hurley, Palos Heights, Ill.; and Patricia Hurley, Bend, Ore; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 71 years.

Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003 or online at https://www.bvmcong.org/support_donate.cfm.