Sr. Geraldine McNamara, OP, formerly known as Sr. Jean Immaculate McNamara, died Sept. 28 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 87 and in the 68th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. McNamara was born in Chicago to John and Bertha (Monahan) McNamara. She graduated from Aquinas High School in Chicago; received a bachelor’s in history from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian; and a master’s in history from Loyola University in Chicago.

Sr. McNamara spent 43 years ministering in elementary education in Michigan, Illinois, South Carolina, California and Florida. In Michigan, she taught at Visitation School in Detroit from 1947-49.

She is survived by a niece and nephew.

A funeral Mass was Sept. 30 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian. Burial is in the Congregation cemetery.