Obituaries

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…

Sister Eileen (Patrick Ellen) Healy, BVM, 90, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, Dubuque, Iowa, died on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Visitation, Sharing of Memories, and Mass of Christian Burial were held on Friday, Feb. 13, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel…

Sister Edna Mae (Gretchen) Knudsen, BVM, 89,of Mount Carmel Bluffs, Dubuque, Iowa, died on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. Visitation, Sharing of Memories, and Mass of Christian Burial were held on Friday, Feb. 6., in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at…

Sister Eileen (James Leone) McGovern, BVM, 96, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, Dubuque, Iowa, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. Visitation, Sharing of Memories, and Mass of Christian Burial were held on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at…

Sister Mary Ellen (Ellenmae) Zimmermann, BVM, 93, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, Dubuque, Iowa, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Visitation, Sharing of Memories, and Mass of Christian Burial were held on Wednesday, Dec. 23, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel. Burial…

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM of Chicago died at The Clare on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 9:05 p.m. Sister Jean Dolores was a member of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BVM) in Dubuque, Iowa, and…