Sister Dolores Marie, 96

School Sister of Notre Dame Dolores Marie Siebenmorgen, who ministered in Catholic education for 25 years and also served as a pastoral associate, died Jan. 17 at Trinity Trace Community Center in Covington. She was 96 years old.

Sister Dolores Marie was born on Dec. 27, 1929, in Conway, Arkansas. She attended St. Joseph High School in Conway, staffed by the School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND). On Aug. 31, 1950, she entered the candidature at Sancta Maria in Ripa in St. Louis. She was received into the novitiate on July 29, 1952, and given the name Dolores Marie. She professed first vows on July 31, 1953, and final vows on July 31, 1959.

Sister Dolores Marie received a bachelor’s degree in English from San Diego College for Women in 1960 and a master’s degree in education from Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas in 1968.

In addition to teaching at Catholic schools in Illinois, California, Texas and Mississippi, she was principal of Annunciation School in Bogalusa. 

In 1977, she became the administrator of the congregational motherhouse in Irving, Texas for five years and then was the first religious sister to be the pastoral associate at St. Mary Parish in Gainesville, Texas. 

In 1992, she became the pastoral associate at Holy Family Parish in Abilene, Texas, and then three years as pastoral associate at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Victoria, Texas. 

In 2003, she began serving as the hospitality coordinator at the SSND formation house in San Antonio. In 2023, she moved to St. Anthony’s Gardens in Covington.  

A Memorial Mass was celebrated Jan. 24 at Most Holy Trinity Church in Covington. Interment will be at St. Mary of the Pines Cemetery, Chatawa, Mississippi.