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Feb. 24, 2020
Dominican Sister Madonna Marie Black died Feb. 15 at her community’s Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 93 years of age and in the 74th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Madonna Marie held undergraduate and graduate degrees in music education and spent more than 28 years ministering in education in the areas of church music, art and liturgy. Sister Madonna Marie served as principal of San Francisco’s St. Brendan School from 1959-65 having taught at the school from 1948-59. Sister Madonna Marie became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in 2013.
Survivors include Sister Madonna Marie’s three sisters, Fran Madole, Helen Tapp, and Mai E. Gray, all of Arizona.
A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 20 in the sisters’ St. Catherine Chapel with interment in the Congregation Cemetery.
Remembrances may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 East Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, Michigan 49221.