Sister Grace Dougherty, OP, who taught at St. Bede Elementary School in Montgomery from 1962-69, died on Friday, June 10, 2022, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 84 and in the 65th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.
Sister Grace ministered over 14 years in elementary education and served as counselor/pastoral minister at the Cathedral of St. Jude in St. Petersburg, Fla., before being elected to a six-year term in Congregational leadership as Co-Provincial of St. Rose of Lima Province in West Palm Beach, Fla. She also served the Congregation for six years as director of pastoral care and ministered for more than 18 years at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered in St. Catherine Chapel at the Motherhouse of the Adrian Dominican Sisters on June 17. Prayers of Committal were held in the Congregation Cemetery.