Sister Frances Eileen Dunne, BVM, 91, of Caritas Center, 1130 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016, at Caritas Center.

Visitation will be from 9 A/M to 11 A/M, on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, in the Marian Hall Chapel, followed by a prayer service at 11 A/M. Funeral Liturgy will be at 1:30 P/M. Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Frances Eileen taught at St. Patrick ES in Dubuque. She taught elementary school and was vice-principal in Fort Dodge, IA, Lead, SD, and Chicago and Maywood, IL, where she also served as school secretary/treasurer.

She was born in Chicago, IL, on February 22, 1925, daughter of Patrick and Nora Buckley Dunne. She entered the BVM congregation on September 8, 1943. She made her first profession of vows on March 19, 1946, and her final profession on August 15, 1951.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Patrice Norine Dunne, BVM, and Catherine Collins; and brothers, Joseph, John, Patrick, James and Gerald. She is survived by sister-in-law, Mary Therese Lazowski, Addison, IL; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with whom she shared life for 72 years.

Memorials may be given to: Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003, or online at www.bvmcong.org/whatsnew_obits.cfm.

Miller Funeral Home, 1185 Highway 35 N., East Dubuque, IL, is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at www.millerfhed.com