Sr. Elizabeth Kreiner, OP, formerly Sr. Catherine William Kreiner, died Jan. 15 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 95 and in her 79th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Kreiner was born in Burnside to William and Cecelia (Nellenbach) Kreiner. She earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and the University of Detroit (Detroit-Mercy).

For 32 years, she ministered in education in Illinois and Michigan, including at Visitation, Detroit (1952-54); St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing (1954-56); and St. Patrick, Escanaba (1968-70), where she was also principal. She also served in leadership of the Adrian Dominicans as co-provincial for two years.

A memorial Mass was offered Jan. 20, and rite of committal took place in the Congregation cemetery.