Sister Jean Marie Brady, BVM

SISTER JEAN MARIE BRADY, BVM

Dubuque

Sister Jean Marie Brady, BVM, 88, died Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, at Mount Carmel Bluffs, 1170 Carmel Dr., Dubuque, Iowa.

Private funeral services will be Tuesday, Feb. 8. Virtual sharing of memories begins at 9:30 a.m., followed immediately by a virtual visitation of cremated remains.

Mass of Christian Burial begins at

10:30 a.m. Burial is in the Mount Carmel Cemetery. All services may be viewed through a live video stream at portal.stretchinternet.com/bvmsisters/.

Sister Jean Marie was born on March 5, 1933, in Monticello, Iowa, to Joseph and Marie (Crimmins) Brady. She entered the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa on Sept. 8, 1951, from St. Martin Parish in Cascade, Iowa. She professed first vows on March 19, 1954, and final vows on July 16, 1959.

Sister Jean Marie ministered in the Office of Educational Services for the Archdiocese of Dubuque as the metropolitan coordinator of Catholic schools in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was an elementary teacher and principal at Regina, formerly St. Mary, and a receptionist and librarian at the Meardon Law Firm, both in Iowa City, Iowa, She served as pastoral associate at St. Peter in Cosgrove, Iowa, and St. Michael in Holbrook, Iowa. She also taught in Tama, Iowa and in Berwyn, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Mary Brady, Marcella (Donald) Morey, Catherine "Kate" (Louie) Stutt, Loretta (Claude) Tomlinson, Ann (Paul) Sauser, Doris (William) Talbert and Alice (Ed) Bertling; and brothers, Micahel and Joseph Brady.

She is survived by nieces, nephews, and the Sisters of Charity, BVM, with whom she shared life for 70 years.

Memorials may be given to Sisters of Charity, BVM Support Fund, 1100 Carmel Drive, Dubuque, IA 52003; or online at www.bvmsisters.org/support_donate.cfm.