Sister Patricia Ann Donahoe, BVM
Sister Patricia Ann (Marjorie) Donahoe, BVM, 94, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, Dubuque, Iowa, died on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.
Visitation, Sharing of Memories, and Mass of Christian Burial were held beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at Mount Carmel Bluffs. Burial took place in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Sister Pat was an elementary teacher at Holy Family in Mason City, Iowa; Brooks Elementary in Des Moines, Iowa; St. Therese in Kansas City, Mo.; Mount Carmel Academy in Wichita, Kan.; St. Patrick in Lincoln, Ill.; and Presentation in Chicago. She served as media services librarian and library director at Mundelein College and librarian at Loyola University, both in Chicago.
She was born on Sept. 14, 1931, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Anthony John and Marjorie (LaValle) Donahoe. She entered the BVM congregation on Feb. 2, 1950, from St. Peter Parish in Des Moines. She professed first vows on Aug. 15, 1952, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1957.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers Anthony John Donahoe, John “Jack” Boniface Donahoe, Anthony Jude (Karen) Donahoe, and Dennis Raphael (Theresa) Donahoe. She is survived by nieces, nephews, and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 76 years.
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I am now 72 and Sr. Mary Marjorie taught me in first grade at Saint Patrick’s School in Lincoln, Illinois. About 17 years ago Sister Pat and I reunited on email. I so loved Sister and all the BVMs. I ended up in show business, and I must thank Sr. Mary Editha Brown for discovering my talent at Carroll Catholic School. Sr. Marjorie told me of Editha’s passing and sent me a photo of her grave. I hadn’t heard from Sr. Pat for about 2 years and was concerned. NOW I know of her “slipping into heaven” on Saint Valentine’s Day. May Heaven Rest Her Now.