Sr. Marie Sheila Beatty, OP, formerly Mary Arlene Beatty, died Jan. 21 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 96 and in her 71st year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Beatty was born in Lansing to Howard and Agnes (Torpey) Beatty. She graduated from St. Mary High School in Saginaw and received her degree from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian.

Sr. Beatty spent 26 years ministering in education, including at St. Theresa, Detroit (1947-54); Sacred Heart, Munising (1954-55); Our Lady Gate of Heaven, Detroit (1955-63); St. Luke, Flint (1963-65); Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington (1965-71); and St. Paul, Owosso (1971-73). She later was a librarian at St. Paul, Owosso (1973-80); St. Mary, Saginaw (1980-81); Our Lady Help of Christians, Saginaw (1981-82); and St. Agatha, Redford (1982-90).

Funeral Mass was offered in St. Catherine Chapel on Jan. 25. Rite of Committal was to be in the Congregation cemetery.