Sister Marie Anna (Rose de Lima) Stelmach, O.P., dies at 80 April 17, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa Marie Anna Stelmach will be offered at 2:30 p.m. April 17 at Stair Crest Senior Living Community’s Faith and Fellowship Hall in Muskego, Wis. Sister Marie died April 8. She was 80. Born in Baltimore, she grew up in St. Rose of Lima Parish in Brooklyn and made profession as a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa in 1965, receiving the religious name Sister Rose de Lima. She earned a bachelor’s degree in math and theology from Rosary College (now Dominican University), River Forest, Ill.; a Master of Divinity from Immaculate Conception Seminary, Mahwah, N.J.; a master’s degree in in theology from Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.; and a nursing degree from Bon Secours Memorial School of Nursing, Richmond, Va. Sister Marie ministered in Illinois, California, Wisconsin, New York, Bolivia, Spain, Louisiana, Hawaii, Washington, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. More obituaries Brother Allen E. Johnson Jr., F.S.C., dies at 78 Bishop Ricard remembered at Mass of Transferal for making everyone feel they belonged Monsignor Paul Cook remembered for devotion to parishioners and leadership in Archdiocese of Baltimore Monsignor Joseph Lizor, oldest priest in Baltimore archdiocese and former Edgemere pastor, dies at 94 Bishop John H. Ricard, first Black bishop of Baltimore and Pensacola-Tallahassee, dies at 86 Sister Geraldine Kent, S.S.J., dies at 95 Copyright © 2026 Catholic Review Media Print
Monsignor Paul Cook remembered for devotion to parishioners and leadership in Archdiocese of Baltimore
Monsignor Joseph Lizor, oldest priest in Baltimore archdiocese and former Edgemere pastor, dies at 94
