Sr. Patricia Cecile Slattery, formerly Patricia Jean Slattery, died April 17 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 87 and in her 69th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Slattery was born in St. Joseph to Clifford and Opal (Taylor) Slattery. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in St. Joseph and earned a degree from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian.

Sr. Slattery taught for 58 years in Illinois, South Carolina and Michigan. In Michigan, she taught at St. Thomas Aquinas, East Lansing (1961-67); St. Leo, Flint (1967-68); and St. Scholastica, Detroit (1968-94). From 1994-2006, she was a librarian at St. Scholastica.

Sr. Slattery is survived by loving nieces and nephews.

Rite of committal was April 18 in the Congregation cemetery. A memorial Mass was April 26 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian.