SINSINAWA — Sister Frances Cogan, OP (Louis Mary), died April 7, 2011, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green. The funeral Mass was held in Queen of the Rosary Chapel at Sinsinawa April 13, 2011, followed by burial in the Motherhouse Cemetery.
Sister Frances made her first religious profession as a Sinsinawa Dominican Aug. 5, 1938, and her final profession Aug. 5, 1941. She taught music for 27 years and the intermediate grades for 15 years. Sister Frances ministered as support staff for nine years and volunteered for two years. She served in Illinois, Nebraska, the District of Columbia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Iowa, New Jersey and New York.