Sr. Mary Reuter, IHM, died Nov. 24 in the IHM Health Care Center in Monroe. She was 84 and had been a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary for 61 years.

Sr. Reuter was one of two children of Edward and Mary (Theisen) Reuter. She was born March 16, 1927 in Dearborn, and at baptism received the name Mary Antoinette. She became a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Monroe in 1950, taking the religious name of Sr. Mary del Val.

She was involved in formal education for 17 years at St. Joseph and St. Mary Academy, Monroe; St. Michael, Flint; Our Lady of Lourdes, River Rouge; SS. Peter and Paul, Ionia; St. Mary of Redford, Immaculata and St. Gregory, Detroit and Marian High School, Bloomfield Hills. In 1970, Sr. Reuter began her 28-year stay at Marygrove College.

In 1998 Sr. Reuter retired to Allen Park. She returned to the Motherhouse and entered the Health Care Center in 2005.

Sr. Reuter is survived by her brother, Edward, and cousins.

Her funeral was Nov. 29 at the IHM Motherhouse Chapel.

Memorials to the IHM Retirement Fund,610 W. Elm Ave., Monroe, 48162-7909.