Sr. Mary Ellen Meckley

Sister Mary Ellen Meckley, BVM, (Davidette), 90, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, Dubuque, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Visitation and Rite of Committal for natural burial was held Thursday, March 26, 2026. Burial was in the Mount Carmel cemetery. Sharing of Memories and Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Sharing of Memories will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed immediately by a memorial Mass at 10:30 a.m.

Sister Mary Ellen was born Feb. 19, 1936, in Waterloo, N.Y., to David Arthur and Margaret (Guido) Meckley. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1953, from St. Francis XavierParish, Phoenix. She professed first vows on March 19, 1956, and final vows on July 16, 1961.

Sister Mary Ellen was an elementary teacher at St. Bernard in Los Angeles; St. Charles Borromeo in North Hollywood, Calif.; St. Therese and St. Aloysius in Kansas City, Mo.; All Saints in Tucson, Ariz.; and Presentation in Chicago. She ministered as afamily liaison for Upward Bound at Mundelein College in Chicago. She served as a social worker in Chicago at Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, in Oak Park, Ill., at Oak Park Hospital, and in Evergreen Park, Ill., at DK Healthcare Services, Inc.

She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by asister Mary Joyce Meckley and a nephew Collin Warner,Phoenix; an aunt Rosemary DeMetro, Waterloo, N.Y., and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 72 years.

Hachmann Mier Funeral Home, 100 N 6th St, Bellevue, Iowa,is in charge of arrangements.