Sister Dolores O'Dwyer, BVM (Wilmetta), 94, of Caritas Center, 1130 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, Iowa, passed away Dec. 16, 2017, at Caritas Center.
Visitation will be from 9-10:15 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, in the Marian Hall Chapel, followed by a Sharing of Memories. Funeral Liturgy will immediately follow. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Sister Dolores taught elementary school in Berwyn, Ill.; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; and Glendale and Los Angeles, Calif., where she was also principal and later served as school volunteer.
She was born in San Francisco, on August 28, 1923, to William and Margaret Meaney O'Dwyer. She entered the BVM congregation Sept. 8, 1941, from St. Paul Parish, San Francisco. She professed first vows on March 19, 1944, and final vows on Aug. 15, 1949.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Rev. William O'Dwyer; and sister, Mary Catherine O'Dwyer, BVM (Paul Anthony). She is survived by cousins and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 76 years.
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Hoffman Schneider Funeral Home, 1640 Main St., Dubuque, Iowa 52001, is in charge of arrangements.