Sister of the Living Word Vianney Moore, 89, died April 22 in Chicago.

Born in California, she moved to Chicago with her family when she was 14 years old and she attended St. Gregory High School before joining the Sisters of Christian Charity.

She taught elementary school in Illinois, Minnesota, Louisiana, and Arkansas. She later joined the Sisters of the Living Word, and ministered as a director of religious education in Louisiana and Mississippi.

She spent her last years living at the Resurrection Life Center.