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Sister Barbara Ann ministered for more than 55 years in elementary and secondary schools throughout California including two years on the faculty of San Francisco’s St. Brendan. She also taught at schools in states including Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado.
Catholic San Francisco
Sept.16, 2020
Dominican Sister Barbara Ann Hehr, formerly known as Sister Fredrick Ann Hehr, died May 10, 2020, at her congregation’s Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 86 years of age and in the 68th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Barbara Ann held undergraduate and graduate degrees in history having earned the latter at the University of San Francisco.
Sister Barbara Ann ministered for more than 55 years in elementary and secondary schools throughout California including two years on the faculty of San Francisco’s St. Brendan. She also taught at schools in states including Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, and Colorado.
Sister Barbara Ann retired to the Dominican Life Center in 2016.
Survivors include Sister Barbara Ann’s sister, Teresa Knigge of Mundelein, Illinois, and brothers: Edward Hehr, also of Mundelein, Jerome Hehr of Quartzsite, Arizona; and Robert Hehr of Trenton, Missouri.
Due to COVID-19 mitigation protocols, the Dominican Life Center is closed until further notice to all guests or visitors.
A funeral Mass was celebrated in the sisters’ St. Catherine Chapel on May 12, 2020 with interment in the congregation cemetery.
Remembrances may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, Michigan 49221.