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.

Sr. Ignatius Orellana, OBT, Age 91, died on April 13, 2025 at St. Mary’s Care Center.

Sr. Mary Therese O’Malley, OP, died May 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Antonetta Martinka, OP, died April 13, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Sr. Eleanor “Ellie” Hoffmann, OP, died April 7, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.

Fr. Donald Lange, retired priest of the Diocese of Madison, died on April 4, 2025, at the age of 89 at Sienna Meadows Memory Care in Oregon, Wis.

Sister Elizabeth Rodkewich, OP, died April 4, 2025, at St. Dominic Villa, Hazel Green, Wis.