Sr. Patricia Janowicz, OP, formerly Sr. Mary Sigmund Janowicz, died Oct. 16 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 76 and in her 57th year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Janowicz was born in Wyandotte to Sigmund and Frances (Lisek) Janowicz. She earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian, Marygrove College in Detroit and Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.

Sr. Janowicz ministered in education for more than 43 years in Michigan, including at St. Mary, Paw Paw (1961-62); St. Joseph, Adrian (1962-64); St. Joseph, Belding (1964-65); and St. Gabriel, Detroit (1965-71). She was a reading consultant for seven years in Detroit and Pontiac; and a special education teacher for 26 years in New Baltimore, Petoskey, East Jordan and Charlevoix. She also served as a transportation assistant for 10 years for the Dominican Life Center in Adrian.

A funeral Mass was offered in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian on Oct. 20. Rite of Committal will be in the Congregation cemetery.