Sister Veronica Grennan, BVM (Ita), 103, of Marian Hall, 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2016, at Marian Hall.

Visitation will be from 9 A/M to 11 A/M, on Monday, November 28, 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 is in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Veronica was an elementery and secondary school teacher and administrator at St. Patrick ES/HS in Cedar Rapids, St. Martin HS in Cascade, and Regina HS in Iowa City, all in Iowa; at St. Thomas of Canterbury ES in Chicago, St. Odilo in Berwyn, and Mary Queen of Heaven ES in Cicero, IL; Immaculate Conception ES/HS in Clarksdale MS; Portland Central HS in Portland, OR; and Blanchet HS in Seattle, WA.  In Rock Island, IL, she was a secondary school counselor and teacher at Alleman HS and served in pastoral ministry at Sacred Heart Parish.

She was born in Sterling, IL, on September 17, 1913, to John and Mary Loran Grennan.  She entered the BVM congregation September 8, 1931, from St. Mary Parish, Sterling.  She professed first vows on March 19, 1934, and final vows on August 15, 1939.

She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Francis and Edward; and sisters, Mary Manetta Grennan, BVM, Marie Brophy and Evelyn Barry.  She is survived by a sister, Mary Alice Butler, Jacksonville, FL; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with whom she shared life for (85) years.

Memorial 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 .

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

Online condolences may be left at www.millerfhed.com