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March 9, 2020
Dominican Sister Anastasia McNichols, formerly known as Sister John Leo McNichols, died March 4, 2020, at her congregation’s Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 91 and in her 70th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Anastasia held undergraduate and graduate degrees in English and education. She ministered for 20 years in schools in states including Michigan, Florida and Arizona.
Sister Anastasia served for five years, 1970-74, in what was then the Archdiocese of San Francisco Educational TV Center in Menlo Park.
She was in congregational leadership for 10 years, three as co-provincial for the Holy Cross Province in the Diocese of Oakland. Sister Anastasia retired to the Dominican Life Center in 2016.
A rite of committal at the Congregation Cemetery was held March 6 and a memorial Mass was celebrated March 9 in the sisters’ chapel.
Remembrances may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI 49221.