Fr. Richard “Dick” John Leffler died on Friday, July 31, 2026, at the age of 74.

Sr. Maria Candelaria, OP, died on June 18, 2026, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green.

Fr. William “Bill” John Hower died on July 3 at the age of 87 at Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh, Wis.

Sister Mary Ann Mueninghoff, OP, died May 16, 2026, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green Wis.

Sister Jeanne Drea, OP, died April 28, 2026, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sister Joan McCann, OP, died April 9, 2026, at the Racine Dominican Motherhouse, Siena Center, Racine, Wis.

Sister Rebecca Wright answered God’s call home on Friday, April 10, 2026.

Sister Marie Anna Stelmach, OP, died April 8, 2026, at the Racine Dominican Motherhouse, Racine, Wis.

Sister Maureen Healy, OP, died April 8, 2026, at Hospice of Spokane House, Spokane, Wash.

Fr. Robert Joseph Borre’ died on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the age of 91 after a battle with leukemia.

Sister Sigrid Simlik, OP, died Jan. 23, 2026, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sister Melissa Waters, OP, died Dec. 21, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sister Elizabeth “Liz” Dunn, OP, died Nov. 14, 2025, at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Wis.

Sister Maggie Hopkins, OP, died Dec. 16, 2025, at her home in Madison, Wis.

Sister Richelle Schmitz, OP, died Oct. 25, 2025, at Stair Crest Senior Living Community, Muskego, Wis.

Sister Catherine Meyering, OP, died Dec. 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sister Marjorie Buttner, OP, died Nov. 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sister Mary Helen Schmitz, OP, died at her home in Fitchburg, Wis., Dec. 13, 2025.

Sr. Alban Hermes, OP, died Jan. 18, 2026, at the Siena on the Lake, Racine, Wis. 

Sister Mary Rathert, OP, died Jan. 20, 2026, at Stair Crest Senior Living Community, Muskego, Wis.

Sister Helen Hurley, OP, died Dec. 18, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Colleen Nolan, OP, died on September 3, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Duchesne Maxwell, OP, died Aug. 2, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wis.

Fr. Dennis Stephen Smith died on June 11 at the age of 79 at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg.

Sr. Mary Catherine St. Martin, OP, died April 19, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.