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IN MEMORIAM Margaret Conroy, O.P. ‘63
Victoria Prince ‘78
July 4, 2016
May 10, 2016
July 16, 2016
Kathleen (Kobold) Skelton ‘46
Julie Coyne, O.P. ‘64
Mary Sanner-Rice ‘83
April 13, 2016
June 18, 2016
March 3, 2016
Rose (Ford) Cummins ‘46
Laverne (Haskins) Madsen ‘69
Janice Handel ‘89
July 5, 2016
April 12, 2016
May 17, 2016
Cecilia Carey, O.P. ‘46
Margaret Kilroy ‘70
Randy Wells ‘07
August 12, 2016
June 5, 2016
May 2, 2016
Margaret Griffin, O.P. ‘59
Elspeth (Lornitzo) Colwell ‘73
Brianna Walczak ‘12
June 8, 2016
January 25, 2016
May 12, 2016
Sabina Ryan, O.P. ‘61
Regina (Dugan) Gloede ‘74
April 8, 2016
February 8, 2016
Mary (Hughes) Milestone ‘62
Perine Rudy ‘78
June 11, 2016
June 30, 2016
ALUMNI CONNECTIONS
Betty (Straub) Richter ‘44
Cecilia Carey, O.P. August 17, 1921 - August 12, 2016 Edgewood College honors the life and work of President Cecilia Carey, O.P., who passed away Friday, August 12 at St. Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wis. “Cecilia was a courageous leader at an important time in the history of Edgewood College,” President Scott Flanagan said in an interview with the Wisconsin State Journal. “She possessed a sharp counsel and kindness. She will be greatly missed.” Sr. Cecilia served as president of Edgewood College from 1967-1977, and as Prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa from 1977-1986. She began
Sr. Cecilia was born Aug. 17, 1921, in Casselton,
her teaching career in 1940 in River Forest, Ill., and
North Dakota, the daughter of Thomas and
through the decades that followed served students
Elizabeth (Mahon) Carey. She is survived by a sister,
in Illinois, Nebraska, New York, and Wisconsin. She
Mary Lois Carey, O.P.; a brother, Mark Carey; nieces;
was also among the first Dominicans of Sinsinawa
nephews; and her Dominican Sisters with whom
to serve as a missionary in Bolivia, South America.
she shared life for 76 years.
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intellect and wit, and I was grateful for her support,