Adrian Dominican Sister Janet (Mary Paulette) Persyk, 93, died July 20 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Detroit, she was in the 75th year of her religious profession.

Sister Janet ministered in education and as a hospital chaplain in Michigan, Florida; and Illinois

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she was a chaplain at Resurrection Medica Center (1988-1992) and St. Elizabeth Hospital (1992-1997) and offered pastoral care to the elderly at Marillac House Social Center (1998-2000).

Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Jeanne Marie (Jeanne Patricia) Suerth, 89, died July 24.

Born in Chicago, she entered the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Cincinnati in 1953. She taught in elementary schools and programs for adults in Ohio and Illinois, and she oversaw the maintenance services for some of her community´s largest institutions, including the Province Center and Infirmary in Reading, Ohio. 

In 1988, Jeanne Marie started a new ministry: “Jeanne on the Scene,” a home maintenance service for seniors that provided a variety of services.

Father William J. Finnegan, 92, died July 13. He was the former pastor of Our Lady of the Woods Parish, Orland Park.

Born in Chicago, Father Finnegan attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary and the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary before being ordained in 1957.

He served as assistant pastor of St. Joachim, St. Margaret of Scotland and Sacred Heart Parish in Palos Hills. He was a Knights of Columbus chaplain.

Adrian Dominican Sister Barbara J. (James Denise) Carroll, 91, died April 7 in Adrian, Michigan.

Born in Detroit, she was in the 74th year of her religious profession.

Sister Barbara ministered in education, as a religious education director and as a pastoral minister in Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan.

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Kilian (1951-1959) and Santa Maria del Popolo, Mundelein (1965-1967).

She is survived by a brother, John Carroll.

Providence Sister Margaret (Margaret Bernard) Heese, 91, died July 21 in St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana.

Born in Texas, she entered the Sisters of Providence in 1947 and professed final vows in 1955.

In her 76 years as a Sister of Providence, she ministered in teaching and parish work in Indiana, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and California. In 2001 she returned to the motherhouse and served her sisters with her expertise as a seamstress. 

In the Archdiocese of Chicago, she taught at St. Sylvester (1950-1954) and St. Andrew (1955-1958).

Sister Margaret is survived by two sisters, Mary Rose Skrobarczyk and Carolyn Heman, and a brother, James Heese.