School Sister of St. Francis Theresa Ann (Irita) Brames, 84, died March 28 in Milwaukee.

Born in Indiana, Sister Therese Ann was received into the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1949 and made her final vows in 1957.

Beginning in 1950, Sister Theresa Ann ministered in Wisconsin and Illinois as a homemaker and driver for nearly seven decades. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she served as a homemaker at St. William Convent (1950-1959). In retirement, Sister Theresa Ann served in the ministry of prayer and presence at Sacred Heart in Milwaukee from 2015 until the time of her death.

Sister Theresa Ann is survived by her sister Louise Sekel and her brother Charles Brames.

School Sister of St. Francis Mary (Violette) Readdy, 83, died April 2 in Schaumburg. 

Sister Mary was received into the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1953 and made her final vows in 1961.

Sister Mary ministered in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska for more than six decades. In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she served as a guidance counselor at Providence St. Mel High School (1984-1985); and taught at Alvernia High School (1985-1989), St. Benedict High School (1989-1990) and Holy Trinity High School (1990-2012). 

Sister Mary retired in 2012 and was serving in the ministry of prayer and presence in Schaumburg.

Sister Elizabeth (St. Laura of Mary) Scully of the Congregation of Notre Dame died April 21 in Wilton, Connecticut.

She entered the Congregation of Notre Dame in Montreal in 1946 and professed her perpetual vows in 1954.

Sister Elizabeth served as principal of St. Jude the Apostle School, South Holland, as well as teacher and principal in New York and Connecticut schools. 

She was mistress of novices and provincial leader in the United States province of her congregation, and she ministered in the Catholic schools office of the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, and the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.

Adrian Dominican Sister Judith Ann (James Charles) Seefeld, 78, died April 30 in Adrian, Michigan. 

Born in Michigan, she was in the 60th year of her religious profession.

She ministered in Michigan, Florida, Illinois and California. 

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught elementary school at Queen of Angels (1960-1964), St. Lawrence (1966-1971) and St. Rita (1971-1974).
Sister Judith is survived by four sisters: Janet Seefeld, Joan Yingling, Jean Jackson and Joyce Seefeld.

BVM Sister Marian (William Marie) Hurley, 90, died May 1 in Dubuque, Iowa. 
Born in Minnesota, she entered the BVM congregation in 1946, from St. Jerome Parish, Chicago. She professed final vows in 1954.
In the Archdiocese of Chicago, Sister Marian taught elementary school at St. Gilbert, Grayslake; St. Eulalia, Maywood; St. Charles; and St. Cornelius, where she also served as principal. She also ministered in New York and California.