Daughter of Charity Theresa (Theresa Marian) Peck, 89, died Jan. 12 in Evansville, Indiana.

Born in Milwaukee, she entered the Daughters of Charity in St. Louis in 1956.

After initial formation and earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Marillac College, Sister Theresa served at hospitals in California and Texas. She then earned an MBA from George Washington University in Washington, D. C., before serving as assistant administrator at St. Joseph Health Center and Hospital in Chicago. She then was administrator of hospitals and health care agencies in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana, before serving as president and vice president of Daughters of Charity National Health System in St. Louis, and then president and CEO of St. Joseph Health Centers and Hospital and Catholic Health Partners in Chicago.

Sister Theresa then served as a provincial councilor, provincial assistant and provincial treasurer and as administrator of the Mater Dei Campus in Evansville.

She is survived by her sister, Virginia Adamski.