Sister Marise Barry, OP, 1931-2019

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Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/8/2019 at 18:27:26

Sister Marise Barry, OP

Sister Marise Barry, OP, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. Her funeral Mass will be Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., at the Sinsinawa motherhouse. A wake service will be Thursday, Feb. 14, at 6:30 p.m.

Sister Marise ministered in the midwest as kindergarten teacher for 19 years and as principal for five years at Corpus Christi, New York City. She was in social service at Sacred Heart Parish, Washington, D.C.; at DePorres Health Center, Marks, Miss.; and a clinical therapist at Sinnissippi Mental Health Center, Dixon, Ill. In 1992, she was elected Eastern Province Provincial. She later served as school counselor for Catholic Social Services in Fall River, Mass. She came to St. Dominic Villa in 2018.
Sister Marise was born in Chicago, May 25, 1931, to Willard and Catherine (Garrity) Barry

She is survived by nephews and her Dominican sisters.

Behr Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.behrfuneralhome.com