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Sister Theresa McNerney, BVM, (1932-2020)

MCNERNEY, BANKS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/24/2020 at 15:50:32

Sister Theresa McNerney, BVM, (Grace Michele), 88, of 1130 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, at Caritas Center.

Sharing of Memories via Zoom will be from 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. A virtual visitation will be held from 10:30 – 10:45 a.m., followed immediately by the funeral service. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Theresa was an elementary teacher in Chicago; Phoenix; Seattle; Tujunga, Carlsbad, Montrose, South Gate, Huntington Park, Wilmington and Maywood, Calif.; and in Los Angeles where she also served as principal. She ministered on the learning support faculty at California State University and as an ombudsman for the aged in Orange County, Calif., and in Chicago.

She was born on Nov. 4, 1932, in Seattle to Michael and Grace (Banke) McNerney. She entered the BVM congregation on Feb. 9, 1950, from St. John Parish, Seattle. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1952, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1957.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Walt (Helen), Robert (Gladys) and John (Lavina and Irene) McNerney; a sister Mary Kittleson; brother-in-law Don Sowder, sister-in-law Gloria McNerney.

She is survived by a brother Thomas McNerney, Issaquah, Wash.; a sister Grace Sowder, Redmond, Wash.; nieces; nephews and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 70 years.

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

Hoffmann, Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home, 3860 Asbury Rd, Dubuque, Iowa 52002 is in charge of arrangements.


 

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