Sr. Barbara Ann Stanek, OP, formerly Sr. Louis Mary Stanek, died Sept. 4 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 76 and in her 60th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Stanek was born in Chicago to Walter and Julia (Wiktor) Stanek. She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Adrian and received degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and the University of Illinois.

Sr. Stanek spent 38 years ministering in elementary education in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada and Utah. In Michigan, she taught at Our Lady Gate of Heaven in Detroit (1957-58) and ministered at Siena Heights University as project director and campus minister (2009-15).

Funeral Mass was Sept. 9 in St. Catherine Chapel. Rite of Committal will be in the Congregation cemetery.