Sister Margaret M. Kasper, BVM, (Martha Ann), 91, of Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1160 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, died Wednesday, August 4, 2021.

Private funeral services will be Tuesday, August 10, 2021.  Virtual Sharing of Memories begins at 9:30 A/M, followed immediately by virtual visitation. The Mass of Christian Burial begins at 10:30 A/M.  Services are private due to COVID-19 restrictions.  All services may be viewed livestream at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/bvmsisters/ .

Sister Margaret ministered as an elementary teacher at St. Peter, in Clermont, IA.  She also taught in Sioux City, IA; Chicago, Round Lake and Grayslake, IL; and was an elementary teacher and principal in Emmetsburg, IA; Lead, S.D.; and Denver.  She served as the manager and executive director for an independent living retirement community, a pastoral associate at a Catholic parish, and the director of volunteers and services for outreach programs to the poor, all in Denver.

She was born on February 4, 1930, in Mills, WY, to Joseph and Martha (Congleton) Kasper.  She entered the BVM congregation February 2, 1948, from St. Anthony, Casper, WY.  She professed first vows on August 15, 1950, and final vows on August 15, 1955.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Lois Tollenar, Joan Hardin, Mary Price, and twin, Catherine Brunel; and brothers, Joseph, George, Michael, Dick and David Kasper.  She is survived by a sister, Patricia Cheney, Casper, WY; brothers, John "Jack" Kasper, Grand Junction, CO, and Thomas Kasper, Riverton, WY; sister-in-law Carol Kasper, Cheyenne, WY; nieces; nephews and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 73 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, is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be left at www.millerfhed.com