Sr. Virginia Berak, OP, died April 14 at Lourdes Nursing Home in Waterford. She was 92.

Born in Nove Mesto Nad Vahom, Slovakia, on Aug. 15, 1922, to Joseph and Susan (Novak) Berak, Sr. Berak graduated from the Felician Academy in June 1940. She attended Siena Heights College in Adrian, earning bachelor’s and masters’ degrees.

Sr. Berak taught for many years in Michigan schools, including Holy Trinity in Ironwood (1963-69). She was principal of St. Vincent Ferrer School in Madison Heights (1969-78) and Holy Rosary School in Flint (1979-92), before being installed as director of Fox Manor on the Lourdes campus in Waterford in 1996.

Sr. Berak is survived by her nieces, nephews and the community of the Dominican Sisters of Peace. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Joseph and Stephen; a sister, Ann Skoda; and a nephew, Joe.

Mass of Resurrection was April 17 at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Oxford. Burial is in Our Lady of Sorrow Cemetery on the Motherhouse grounds.