IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Sister Mary
Terese Rink, Bvm
February 20, 1929 – August 13, 2017
Obituary
Sister Mary Terese Rink, BVM, (Lumina) 88, of 1050 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA, passed away on Sunday, August 13, 2017, at Marian Hall.
Visitation will be from 9 A/M to 10:15 A/M, on Friday, August 18, 2017, in the Marian Hall Chapel followed by a Sharing of Memories at 10:15 A/M. Funeral liturgy will immediately follow. Burial is in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
As a member of the faculty at Clarke University in Dubuque, Mary Terese taught postulants and novices at Mount Carmel. She taught secondary school in Des Moines, IA; Memphis TN; and Chicago, IL. At the University of Illinois Medical Center, she ministered in clerical work, as coordinator for the Disabled Children's Program, and as a case manager.
She was born in Des Moines, IA, on February 20, 1929, to Raymond and Mary Hughes Rink. She entered the BVM congregation September 8, 1951, from St. Matthew Parish, Cedar Rapids. She professed first vows on March 19, 1954, and final vows on July 16, 1959.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Joseph.
She is survived by sisters, Margery Petrzelka, of Cedar Rapids, IA, Helen (Bob) Mangrum, of Broken Arrow, OK, and Katie (John) Cahalan, of Austin, TX; sister-in-law, Barbara Rink, of Arvada, CO; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for (65) 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, East Dubuque, IL, is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.millerfhed.com
Visitation will be from 9 A/M to 10:15 A/M, on Friday, August 18, 2017, in the Marian Hall Chapel followed by a Sharing of Memories at 10:15 A/M. Funeral liturgy will immediately follow. Burial is in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
As a member of the faculty at Clarke University in Dubuque, Mary Terese taught postulants and novices at Mount Carmel. She taught secondary school in Des Moines, IA; Memphis TN; and Chicago, IL. At the University of Illinois Medical Center, she ministered in clerical work, as coordinator for the Disabled Children's Program, and as a case manager.
She was born in Des Moines, IA, on February 20, 1929, to Raymond and Mary Hughes Rink. She entered the BVM congregation September 8, 1951, from St. Matthew Parish, Cedar Rapids. She professed first vows on March 19, 1954, and final vows on July 16, 1959.
She was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Joseph.
She is survived by sisters, Margery Petrzelka, of Cedar Rapids, IA, Helen (Bob) Mangrum, of Broken Arrow, OK, and Katie (John) Cahalan, of Austin, TX; sister-in-law, Barbara Rink, of Arvada, CO; nieces; nephews; and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for (65) 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, East Dubuque, IL, is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.millerfhed.com
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Sister Mary Terese Rink, Bvm, please visit our flower store.
Services
Remembering Service
August
18
Marian Hall Chapel
Starts at 10:15 am
Mass of Christian Burial
August
18
Marian Hall Chapel
Starts at 10:30 am
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