Sr. Jean Edward Selcke, OP, formerly Violet Ellen Selcke, died Dec. 15 at the Dominican Life Center, Adrian. She was 101 and in her 82nd year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Born in Chicago to Edward and Mary (Heffernan) Selcke, she earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and DePaul University in Chicago.

Sr. Selcke ministered for more than 35 years in education in Illinois and Michigan, including at St. Lawrence, Detroit (1935-37); St. Joseph, Maybee (1937-38); St. Alphonsus, Dearborn (1938-41); St. Augustine (1941-43), St. Edward (1943-46) and St. Gabriel (1951-59), all in Detroit. She later served as a live-in companion and sacristan in Florida.

Funeral Mass was celebrated Dec. 21 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian. Rite of Committal was to be in the Congregation cemetery.