Sr. Carolyn Dowd, IHM, 80, died April 14, in the IHM Senior Living Health Care Center, Monroe. She had been under the care of Promedica Hospice of Monroe.

Sr. Dowd was born Aug. 2, 1936, in Port Huron, one of six children of William and Joyce (Gerber) Dowd. She became a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Monroe, in 1956.

Sr. Dowd earned degrees from Marygrove College and Wayne State University before teaching and ministering in education for 52 years in Michigan and Florida. In Michigan, she served at St. Joseph, Erie; St. Mary, Mt. Clemens; and St. Joseph and St. John, Monroe.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Sr. Dowd on April 20 at the IHM Motherhouse.