Sister Barbara Jean Tascher, BVM, (Jean Vincent), 85, 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, passed away on Thursday, October 15, 2020, at Marian Hall.

Sharing of Memories via Zoom will be from 9:30 A/M - 10:15 A/M, on Thursday, October 22, 2020.  A virtual visitation will be held from 10:30 A/M - 10:45 A/M, followed immediately by funeral services.  Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Sister Barbara Jean was an elementary teacher in Chicago, IL; DeKalb, IL; Kansas City, MO; Phoenix, AZ; and Santa Ana and Burbank, CA.  She ministered as a licensed psychiatric technician in Santa Ana and Orange, CA, and a parish visitor in North Hollywood, CA.

She was born December 14, 1934, in Chicago, to Vincent and Immogene (Seymour) Tascher.  She entered the BVM congregation on September 8, 1952, from St. Bede Parish, Fox Lake, IL.  She professed first vows on March 19, 1955, and final vows on July 16, 1960.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, Paul (Patricia) & Edward (Evelyn) Tascher; and sister; Vinciann Tascher.  She is survived by a brother, Vincent (Winifred) Tascher, Jr., Ingleside, IL; and sisters, Carol (Edward) Klenke and Mary Louise Tascher, The Villages, FL; nieces, nephews and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 68 years.

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

The Miller Funeral Home, 1185 Hwy. 35 N., East Dubuque, IL, 61025 is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at millerfhed.com