Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Helen (Marcellus) Hurley, 89, died Dec. 18 in Hazel Green, Wisconsin.

Born in Wisconsin, she professed vows with the Sinsinawa Dominicans in 1956. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a master’s degree in curriculum.

She taught at St. Patrick, Lemont, and St. Richard. She also ministered in California, Iowa, Washington and New York, as well as in Wisconsin, where she was an associate professor in early childhood education at Edgewood College, Milwaukee, and a pastoral associate.