Sr. Barbara Wetterer, formerly Sr. Marie Giles Wetterer, died Dec. 15 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 88 and in her 69th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Born in Chicago to Giles and Mildred (Thiel) Wetterer, she earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian, Barry College (University) in Miami, Fla., and the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Sr. Wetterer ministered in elementary education for 23 years in Michigan, Florida, Illinois, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. In Michigan, she taught at St. Ambrose (1948-51) and St. Theresa (1957-60) in Detroit, and served as secretary for Central Services in Adrian (1972-74).

Funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 20 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian. Rite of Committal was to be in the Congregation cemetery.