Sister Helen Kerrigan, BVM, (Paulita), 96, of Marian Hall, 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, passed away, November 16, 2017, at Marian Hall.

Visitation will be from 9 A/M to 10:15 A/M, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, in the Marian Hall Chapel.  A Sharing of Memories and Funeral Litergy will immediately follow.  Burial is in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

At Clarke University in Dubuque, Helen was art teacher, department chair, and adjunct professor/artist in residence.  She taught secondary school music and art at St. Joseph Academy, in Dubuque, and in Davenport and Marcus, IA; and San Francisco and St. Louis.  She taught elementary school in Hempstead, NY, and Chicago, where she later taught at Mundelein College.

She was born in Davenport, IA, on March 19, 1921, to Joseph Patrick and Essie Stella Augustine Kerrigan.  She entered the BVM Congregation September 8, 1940, from Cathedral Parish, Davenport.  She professed first vows on March 19, 1943, and final vows on August 15, 1948.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Phyllis Kerrigan, BVM, (Phileta), Lois Kerrigan, and Alice Kerrigan, BVM, (Lois Ann).  She is survived by a cousin, Jane Vorhes, West Des Moines, IA; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, 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 .

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

Online condolences may be left at www.millerfhed.com