Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Maggie (Marie Josette) Hopkins, 81, died Dec. 16 at her home in Madison, Wisconsin.

Born in Milwaukee, she professed vows with the Sinsinawa Dominicans in 1966. She earned a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Mundelein College and a master’s degree in theology from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.   

Sister Maggie taught at Trinity High School, River Forest, as well as in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She served as her congregation’s vocation director at Sinsinawa and served in youth ministry at Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee.

For several years, she served on the Edgewood High School Board of Directors. Sister Maggie served for more than 30 years at Edgewood University, Madison, as an educator and vice president of mission.

She is survived by a brother, John Hopkins; and a sister, Frances Quinn.