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Sr Mary Kay Moran

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Sr Mary Kay Moran

Birth
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Apr 2021 (aged 81)
Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9085111, Longitude: -84.0138028
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Sister Mary Kay Moran, formerly known as Sister William Mary, died on Monday, April 12, 2021, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian.

She was 81 years of age and in her 61st year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Mary Kay was born in Toledo to William and Mary (Heitkamp) Moran. She graduated from Our Lady of Mercy High School in Detroit and received a Bachelor of Science Education degree in history from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian; a Master of Arts degree in mathematics education from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti and a Master of Religious Education degree from Loyola University in Chicago.

Sister spent 47 years ministering in elementary and religious education in Hometown, Oak Park, Chicago and Joliet, Ill.; San Francisco and Hayward, Calif.; Carlsbad and Albuquerque, N.M.; Ann Arbor, Adrian and Detroit; West Palm Beach and Indiantown, Fla.; Globe and Tucson, Ariz.; and Ketchikan, Alaska. She taught at two Congregation institutions, Dominican High School and Academy in Detroit for two years and Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach for one year. She also served as a pastoral minister at the Holy Family Mission of Metlakatla in Alaska and at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Sister became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2014.

Sister Mary Kay was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Barbara Moran. She is survived by her brother, Thomas Moran of Livonia, loving nieces and nephews and her Adrian Dominican Sisters.

Due to COVID-19 mitigation protocols, the Dominican Life Center was closed to all guests and visitors during Sister's Funeral Services. All were welcome to participate in Sister's wake and funeral via live stream on the Adrian Dominican website, however.

The Vigil Prayer and a Mass of Christian Burial were offered in St. Catherine Chapel. Prayers of Committal were held in the Congregation Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, Michigan, 49221.

Funeral arrangements were handled by the Anderson-Marry Funeral Home in Adrian.

Originally published by The Daily Telegram from Apr. 14 to Apr. 15, 2021.
Sister Mary Kay Moran, formerly known as Sister William Mary, died on Monday, April 12, 2021, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian.

She was 81 years of age and in her 61st year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Mary Kay was born in Toledo to William and Mary (Heitkamp) Moran. She graduated from Our Lady of Mercy High School in Detroit and received a Bachelor of Science Education degree in history from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian; a Master of Arts degree in mathematics education from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti and a Master of Religious Education degree from Loyola University in Chicago.

Sister spent 47 years ministering in elementary and religious education in Hometown, Oak Park, Chicago and Joliet, Ill.; San Francisco and Hayward, Calif.; Carlsbad and Albuquerque, N.M.; Ann Arbor, Adrian and Detroit; West Palm Beach and Indiantown, Fla.; Globe and Tucson, Ariz.; and Ketchikan, Alaska. She taught at two Congregation institutions, Dominican High School and Academy in Detroit for two years and Rosarian Academy in West Palm Beach for one year. She also served as a pastoral minister at the Holy Family Mission of Metlakatla in Alaska and at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Sister became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian in 2014.

Sister Mary Kay was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Barbara Moran. She is survived by her brother, Thomas Moran of Livonia, loving nieces and nephews and her Adrian Dominican Sisters.

Due to COVID-19 mitigation protocols, the Dominican Life Center was closed to all guests and visitors during Sister's Funeral Services. All were welcome to participate in Sister's wake and funeral via live stream on the Adrian Dominican website, however.

The Vigil Prayer and a Mass of Christian Burial were offered in St. Catherine Chapel. Prayers of Committal were held in the Congregation Cemetery.

Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, Michigan, 49221.

Funeral arrangements were handled by the Anderson-Marry Funeral Home in Adrian.

Originally published by The Daily Telegram from Apr. 14 to Apr. 15, 2021.

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