Sister Maureen Driscoll O.P.

ADRIAN - Sister Maureen Driscoll, formerly known as Sister Mary David Driscoll, died on Nov. 16, 2015, at St. Joseph Residence in Seattle, Wash. She was 82 years of age and in the 63th year of her religious profession: 50 years in the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds and in her 13th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sister Maureen was born in Port Angeles, Wash., to John and Martha (Moore) Driscoll. She graduated from Holy Angels Academy in Seattle, Wash., and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in education from Seattle University in Seattle, Wash., a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Washington in Seattle, and a Master of Theology degree from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif.

Sister spent 38 years ministering in education in Bremerton, Seattle, Hoquiam and Everett, Wash., and Santa Barbara, Calif. She was principal of St. Alphonsus School in Seattle for five years. Sister was a teacher for five years at the University of Washington in Seattle, and for 18 years at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Calif. She volunteered as a lay counselor at the Open Door Clinic, a center for street people and students, and was a mayoral appointee to the Seattle King County Drug Commission from 1973 to 1976. During her leadership of eight years as president of the Dominican Sisters of Edmonds, she was one of three sisters who represented U.S. Dominican women at the first Dominican Family meeting in Bologna, Italy. Sister became a resident of St. Joseph Residence in Seattle, Wash., in 2008.

Sister Maureen is survived by no living relatives.

A Vigil Service will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 23, at Assumption Convent in Seattle, Wash. The Funeral Liturgy will be offered at St. Joseph Residence chapel in Seattle at 11 a.m. Nov. 24. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Seattle.

Memorial gifts may be made to Adrian Dominican Sisters, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian, MI 49221. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Hoffner, Fisher & Harvey Funeral Home of Seattle, Wash.