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Eileen Healy Bvm
1935 - 2026
BORN
1935
DIED
2026
Eileen Bvm Obituary
02/19/1935 - 02/07/2026
Sister Eileen (Patrick Ellen) Healy, BVM, 90, of Dubuque, Iowa, died on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026.
Services were held on Friday, Feb. 13, in the Mary Frances Clarke Chapel at Mount Carmel Bluffs in Dubuque. Services can be viewed online at stream.prestosports/bvmsisters.
In San Francisco, Eileen served as elementary principal and teacher at St. Paul, and teacher at St. Philip and St. Finn Barr. She ministered as elementary principal at St. John and Christ the King in Seattle, and as teacher at St. Agatha in Chicago, St. Cecilia in Portland, Ore., and St. Augustine in Memphis, Tenn. She also served the congregation as assistant administrator and pastoral care minister at the Motherhouse in Dubuque.
Eileen was born on Feb. 19, 1935 in San Francisco to Patrick and Mary (Scannell) Healy. She entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1952 from St. Paul Parish.
She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings Nora (Dan) Twomey, Daniel (Josephine) Healy, Anne (Patrick) Young, and William Healy. She is survived by nieces, nephews, and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 73 years.
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