Sr. Rose Irene Calvert, OP, formerly Mary Ann Veronica Calvert, died at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 78 and in her 61st year in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Calvert was born in Detroit to Leon and Veronica D (Good) Calvert. She earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and St. Joseph College in Rensselaer, Ind.

Sr. Calvert spent 15 years teaching in Michigan and Illinois. In Michigan, she taught at St. John, Ypsilanti (1956-61); St. Brigid, Detroit (1961-64); St. Augustine elementary and high school, Detroit (1964-67); and Holy Name, Detroit (1967-71). She ministered in liturgical music at St. James, Ferndale (1971-72); St. William, Walled Lake (1972-73); Our Lady of Good Counsel, Detroit (1973-76); Our Lady of Refuge, Orchard Lake (1976-81); Sacred Heart, Grosse Ile (1987-90); St. Peter, Blissfield (1990); and St. Ephrem, Sterling Heights (1990). She was worship coordinator at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Troy (1981-82), and the Adrian Dominican Motherhouse (1982-86).

Sr. Calvert is survived by a sister, Rose Jensen of Royal Oak, and a brother, Gerald Calvert of St. Clair Shores.

A funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian on March 31. Rite of Committal was to be in the Congregation cemetery.