Mercy Sister Mary Jonella Bohmann, 86, died Feb. 18.

Born in Wisconsin, she graduated from Mercy High School in Milwaukee in 1950 and entered the Sisters of Mercy in Des Plaines the following year.

Sister Jonella taught at Catholic high schools and elementary schools across the Archdiocese of Chicago for 20 years before moving to the collegiate level and teaching English at Saint Xavier College (now University) from 1973 until 1980.

She later ministered in the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, and became involved in the National Catholic Educational Association. She returned to Wisconsin, where she directed a transitional housing program for young women and was a college instructor before retiring.

She moved to Mercy Circle in 2014.