Sr. Marie Imelda Baumgartner, OP, 93, passed away at Kenosha Estates Living and Care Center in Kenosha, Wis., on May 10.

Marcella Ellen was born Dec. 20, 1922, to Lawrence and Hedwig (Hattie) (nee: Beier) Baumgartner in Warren. On Aug. 30, 1937, she joined the Racine Dominicans and was professed in 1942.

Sr. Baumgartner spent many years in service to others in teaching and chaplaincy work, mostly in Wisconsin. In Michigan, she taught at Nativity in Detroit from 1948-52.

Sr. Baumgartner is survived by the Racine Dominican sisters and associates; her sisters Mary Mikolowski, and Imelda Rose Connell; nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents; and her brothers Anthony, Joseph, Mello and infant brother Vincent Baumgartner and sisters Catherine Bukari, Cecilia Ann Wiegand and Sr. Margaret Baumgartner, OP.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 16. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery Hwy 32 in Racine, Wis.