School Sister of Notre Dame Carol (Mary Joseph) Brunner, 78, died Nov. 18 at Ascension Resurrection Life Center.

Born in Chicago, she was a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 58 years.

She served as an elementary school teacher at St. James, Highwood, St. John de la Salle and St. Constance, as well as in Dixon and DeKalb, Illinois.

She also taught at Madonna High School and served as the director of vocations for the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Sister Carol was a nurse at Ravenswood Hospital and St. Francis Nursing and Rehab in Evanston and a medical advocate for SSND sisters at Resurrection Life Center.